DBQ and LEQ LEQ Directions breakdown the questions
DBQ and LEQ
LEQ • Directions breakdown the questions: • Compare and contrast the impact of religion on the United States in the antebellum period (18001860) and in the second half of the twentieth century (1945 -2000) • Compare and contrast the impact in the United States of anticommunism during the period 19171929 and the period 1939 -1959
Question DBQ • Explain the causes of the development of the institution of slavery in the period from 1607 to 1750
Intro • In the early establishment of the American colonies slavery was not of importants but during the 1607 -1750 and even beyond slavery became an essential part of America. White plantation owners fear of a revolt, the inherint social status of slave, and the heavy reliance on slave labor all led to the development of the institution of slavery.
• The fear of an indentured servant revolt led to the slavery institution. In a graph number of indentured servants and slaves for Probate inventory Yok County, Virginia (Doc 1) showed the decrease of indentured servants and increase in slaves. The purpose of this graph is to show plantation owners began to rely more on slaves than servants after a while. What contributed to that increase in slaves was Bacon’s rebellion, as described in the letter from William Sherwood (Doc 5) in which immigrant Nathaniel Bacon starts an uprising with poor whites (mostly indentured servants) over governor Berkeley’s aristocratic order and lack of action toward the natives. The large scale Bacon revolt proved indentured servants dangerous because they could easily revolt so they began to rely more on slavery labor after
• The inherent social status of slaves also led to the institution of slavery. In Virginia General assembly of October 1705 (Doc. 6) declared Negro, Mulatto (mixed) and Indian slaves as property. The purpose of the assmbly was to declare slavery a social status passed down from parent to child. Similar, in the Virginia General assembly of 1667 Doc 4 states baptism does not change status of a slave. The purpose was to demonstrate the status of slaves does not come off so easily. The inherint status of slavery led to the institution of slavery.
• Another factor was the heavy reliance on slaves for labor. In the evaluation of estate of James Stone (doc 2) it shows the pounds of tobacco his indentured servants and slaves could pick, his slaves picked way more. The purpose of doc 2 is to show essential was a slave to the production of cash crops compared to the servants. In an advertisment in Virginia Gazette (Doc 7), a slave owner gives a description of his run away slave and hopes somebody will report. The purpose of this ad is to once again, show the importance of slaves to plantations and the plantation owners. If slaves wouldn’t be so important whites wouldn’t look for them. Whites relied heavily on slaves for labor
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