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APUSH Review Colonial America First European Contact with Native Americans Iroquois Confederacy: Political language differences hindered Native Americans as they attempted to respond to the threat posed by the European colonists Iroquois were the most important powerful Native American political alliance. Successfully ended generations of tribal warfare. Trade and Columbian Exchange: Exchange of foods, plants, animals diseases between Europeans and Natives Native Americans who interacted with the English became dependent on the fur trade Smallpox, influenza and measles decimated the Native population Similarities Differences between Native Americans English settlers Similarities: Both live in village communities Both sense strong sense of spirituality Both divide labor by gender Both depend on agricultural economies Differences: Natives don’t share English concept of private property Native children are often part of mother’s clan (matrilineal) Plantation Colonies Virginia Colony Joint Stock Company Primary goal to make profit Religious motivation was much less important than in founding of Maryland (Catholic), Pennsylvania (Quakers), Rhode Island (freedom of religion) and Massachusetts (Puritans) Tobacco: made Chesapeake colonies survive By mid 1700s tobacco is the most valuable cash crop produced in Southern states Plantation Colonies Growth of Slavery From Servitude to Slavery in the Chesapeake Region 1607-1690: Indentured servants played key role in the growth of tobacco system in VA MD. Chief source of agricultural labor Planters in VA MD used the “headright” system to encourage importation of indentured servants. Pay passage-get 50 addtl acres Number of slaves increased dramatically in the last quarter of the 17th century Slave labor in colonial VA spread rapidly in the late 17th century as Blacks displaced white indentured servants Bacon’s Rebellion Exposed tensions between the former indentured servants, who were poor, and the gentry (planter c