Chapter 4 - American Life in the Seventeenth Century

Nathaniel Bacon

Led a rebellion against the hostile conditions in 1676

Africans

________ brought new languages, music, and cuisines to America.

Christian songs

Were used by slaves as code for the announcmenet of the arrival of a guide to freedom

Chesapeake Bay Colony

Colony that was good for tobacco cultivation

New England Puritans

The first ________ had an average life expectancy of about 70 years.

Massachusetts Puritans

Established Harvard College to train men to become ministers in 1636

slave revolt

A(n) ________ in 1712 led to the death of a dozen whites, with 21 slaves being excuted.

New England

There was clean water and cool temperatures in ________.

Half-Way Covenant

Troubled ministers announced a formula for church membership

Female slaves

Were expected to labor in the plantations, spin, weave, and sew

West Africa

Where most of the slaves were from

Slave Codes

Dictated that slaves and their children would remain the slaves of their masters or life, unless they were freed, voluntarily

Women

Were scarce in the early days of the colonies, causing men to fight over them

Adulterous Women

Had to wear the letter “A” on their bosoms if they were caught