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== Southern colonial economies & demographics ==  
== Southern colonial economies & demographics ==  
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! '''Major Events, Concepts & Themes'''
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* 1660–1677 Governor Sr. William Berkely in office<br><br>
* 1660s settlers encroach upon Indian lands along "Northern Neck"
** land between Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers<br><br>
* 1666 colonists declare war upon Native Americans in Northern Neck region<br><br>
* 1675-76 Bacon's Rebellion<br><br>
* 1680s significant growth in slavery
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=== cash crops ===
=== cash crops ===
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=== slavery ===
=== slavery ===
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'''BIG IDEAS'''
'''BIG IDEAS'''
* plantation economy  
* plantation economy  
* social/ economic stratification
* social/ economic stratification
* frontier settlements & conflict with Native Americans
* frontier settlements & conflict with Native Americans
* Bacon's rebellion
* Bacon's Rebellion
* expansion of slavery
* expansion of slavery
*** by early 1700s VA & MD planters switch from indentured servants to slaves
*** by early 1700s VA & MD planters switch from indentured servants to slaves
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** Gov Berkeley calls for new election
** Gov Berkeley calls for new election
*** but new legislators back Bacon and authorize militia
*** but new legislators back Bacon and authorize militia
** known as "Bacon's Laws"
*** also restores vote to all free men and removed Berkeley's tax exemptions
*** also restores vote to all free men and removed Berkeley's tax exemptions
** Bacon still opposes Berkeley regime, with small army takes over capital at Jamestown and charges Berkeley with corruption
** Bacon still opposes Berkeley regime, with small army takes over capital at Jamestown and charges Berkeley with corruption