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Southern Colonies

            Colonial America began in the year 1590 as people from Europe chose to journey to the New World. These immigrants were searching for the tales of opportunity as well as escape the grasp of the king and the Church of England. As the population increased in the New World, so did the need of a larger and broader labor force. The southern colonies of the New World typically needed more manual labor to farm rice, indigo, tobacco, and needed people to work the robust plantations. As a result of the increase in the demand for more manpower several different methods were used to acquire individuals to the New Word. The head right system, indentured servitude, and eventually slavery were used successfully to jump start the southern colonies economy along with forming a social structure.
             The drawback of the methods to attract people to the southern colonies varied. In theory, indentured servitude was noble idea which benefited owners of farms along with the servant. Indentured servitude was a system to generate a temporary work force. In exchange for food, shelter, and free passage, men and or women would bind themselves to a master for an arranged time of around 3 to 5 years. After the time the males worked they were supposed to receive clothes and land; this was part of an incentive for them to come to the colony. However the reality of this method is not as grand as it was hyped up to be. The servants rarely got the land they were promised and this resulted in large amounts of homeless folks that ended up wondering aimlessly about the countryside looking for work. This ended up the main cause of Bacons Rebellion which indentured servants rose up against their former masters and demanded what they were promised.
             Although indentured servitude brought some chaos to unfortunate workers who were not given what they earned, it did facilitate the economy of the southern colonies. The boost in labor, even though short-term, influenced the economy in several ways.


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7. The Southern English colonies

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