1. Read about https://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entries/headright-system-in-colonial-america/
2. Answer # 1 & #2
Summarize the 4 quickfacts of the headright system:
Name and describe the 4 'harms' created by the headright system as described in the article:
Summarize the requests made by Elizabeth Sprigs and share one insight you have about what it must have been like to be an indentured servant:
What is the message of the passage? What is the purpose of this passage?
What does one learn from each account?
What is the primary tone and message of each account?
What accounts for their differences?
How are most accounts of slave uprisings from the slave's perspective portrayed?
What happened on September 9, 1739, between the Combahee and Edisto rivers?
What did the rebel slaves do after breaking into the warehouse in Stono town?
How long did the war last and how many casualties were there?
Why did the French "cultivate a relationship with the Indians as partners"?
How was this different from the relationships developed by the other European powers?
How did the French missionaries help maintain the positive relationship with the Native Americans?
Describe the Spanish relationship with the Native Americans.
How did Spanish missionaries intend to convert the Native Americans?
Name at least two ways that the Spanish viewed the Native Americans.
What part of the Patton analogy do the Spanish embody?
What were the English coming to the New World to do?
What type of relationship were the English interested in when it came to Native Americans?
What part of the Patton analogy do the English embody?
Why is this so different from the other European powers?
Who did the rebels kill at Godfrey's house?
Whose house did the rebels burn after Colonel Bull escaped?
How many rebels died in the fighting between the planters and the rebels?
What happened to the slaves who were not involved in the murders and burnings?
What effect did the planters' courage and humanity have on the revolt?
How many rebels escaped the fight and what happened to them?
What actions did General Oglethorpe take after receiving news of the revolt?
Why did the Cato slave die?