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    The Chesapeake Colonies were the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, later the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Province of Maryland, later Maryland, both colonies...
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    (located on the expansive Chesapeake Bay in the Upper South) were also called the Chesapeake Colonies. The Southern Colonies were overwhelmingly rural...
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    the colonies, children born of immigrants in the colonies were often referred to as "Creole". This is found more often in the Chesapeake Colonies. In...
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    tobacco in the American colonies became a significant economic force, especially in the tidewater region surrounding the Chesapeake Bay. Vast plantations...
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  • Atlantic Creole British colonization of North America Chesapeake Colonies Colonial South and the Chesapeake History of slavery Scramble (slave auction) Seasoning...
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    the New England Colonies and the Southern Colonies. Along with the Chesapeake Colonies, this area now roughly makes up the Mid-Atlantic states. Much of...
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  • Caribbean. The culture of the Southern and Chesapeake Colonies was different from that of the Northern and Middle Colonies and from that of their common origin...
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    The Chesapeake Bay (/ˈtʃɛsəpiːk/ CHESS-ə-peek) is the largest estuary in the United States. The Bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily...
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    writing to Latin and Greek and more. Middle Colonies Southern Colonies Chesapeake Colonies Thirteen Colonies History of Massachusetts Historical outline...
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  • North American colonies Province of East Florida Province of West Florida Indian Reserve Middle Colonies Chesapeake Colonies Southern Colonies Oregon Country...
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    the north of Virginia. Maryland and Virginia became known as the Chesapeake Colonies, and experienced similar immigration and economic activities. Though...
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  • war, fifty thousand Englishmen inhabited some twenty colonies in the Americas. Most of the colonies were founded in the decade prior to the start of the...
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    Thirteen Colonies Colonial history of the United States Colonial South and the Chesapeake Credit in the Thirteen Colonies Cuisine of the Thirteen Colonies History...
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  • Colony of Virginia, and the two are sometimes referred to as the Chesapeake Colonies. First Families of Virginia American gentry Hammond-Harwood House...
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    families and died childless because the population of the Chesapeake Colonies, like the Thirteen Colonies in the aggregate, was not sex-balanced until the 18th...
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    its colonies were seized by Britain. On the eastern seaboard, the four distinct English regions were New England, the Middle Colonies, the Chesapeake Bay...
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    tobacco in the American colonies became a significant economic driver, especially in the tidewater region surrounding the Chesapeake Bay. From 1616 to 1619...
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    First Maroon War (British Jamaica, victorious) 1730 Chesapeake rebellion (British Chesapeake Colonies, suppressed) 1731 Samba rebellion (Louisiana, New...
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    Houses and the "Need of Society" among Slave-Owning Planters in the Chesapeake Colonies". The William and Mary Quarterly. 70 (4). Williamsburg: The William...
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  • Scottish stock, from varying religious traditions. Conversely, in Chesapeake Colonies to the south, the Colony of Virginia had been settled by their Cavalier...
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  • South. During the early 20th century, the historiography of the Chesapeake colonies was dominated by the Cavalier myth. Studies focused exclusively on...
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    States refers to the institution of slavery as it existed in the European colonies which eventually became part of the United States. Slavery developed due...
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    almost equal in value to all of the products shipped from the Thirteen Colonies to Great Britain. The livelihood of 1 million of the approximately 25 million...
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    overseas colonies. During the 17th century, indentured servants constituted three-quarters of all European immigrants to the Chesapeake Colonies. Most of...
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    First Maroon War (British Jamaica, victorious) 1730 Chesapeake rebellion (British Chesapeake Colonies, suppressed) 1731 Samba rebellion (Louisiana, New...
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  • 000) and to the Chesapeake Colonies, in the southern United States (120,000). Only about 23,000 went to the North American-Central colonies and 21,000 to...
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  • Salutary neglect (category History of the Thirteen Colonies)
    enforcement of parliamentary laws, especially trade laws, as long as British colonies remained loyal to the government and contributed to the economic growth...
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    (1997). "Tobacco Slaves: The Chesapeake Colonies". The Origins of American Slavery: Freedom and Bondage in the English Colonies. New York: Hill and Wang....
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    traditional medicinal uses, tobacco was also heavily cultivated in the Chesapeake Colonies area from the 1620s on, where it was also used as a form of currency...
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    American gentry (category History of the Thirteen Colonies)
    Colony of Virginia, and the two are sometimes referred to as the Chesapeake Colonies. Many of the early settlers came from the West Midlands in England...
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