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George Alsop, *A Character of the Province of Maryland*, 1666:

'The Servants of this Province, which are for the most part bought for a term of years, have their food, lodging, and cloaths provided... and at the expiration of their time, they are by the Custom of the Country to receive a year's provision of Corn, and double Apparel... and they have a sufficiency of Land allowed them to plant for themselves.'

The labor system described in the excerpt contributed most directly to which of the following developments in the seventeenth-century Chesapeake?

  1. A
    The development of a diversified economy based on family farms, commerce, and shipbuilding.
  2. The emergence of a large population of landless freemen, which intensified socio-economic tensions within the Chesapeake.Cevap
  3. C
    The immediate transition to hereditary chattel slavery as the primary source of agricultural labor in the early 1600s.
  4. D
    The formation of independent colonial trade alliances with foreign empires to evade English custom duties.

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The emergence of a large population of landless freemen, which intensified socio-economic tensions within the Chesapeake.
The correct answer is correct because indentured servitude in the Chesapeake region created a large population of former servants who had completed their contracts but were unable to obtain fertile land or social mobility. This socio-economic inequality and frustration intensified regional tensions, leading directly to Bacon's Rebellion in 1676.

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1
Identify the labor system discussed in the source.
The text describes servants 'bought for a term of years' who receive provisions and land at the end of their service, indicating indentured servitude.
Understanding the specific labor system in the stimulus is necessary to analyze its historical effects.
2
Analyze the long-term demographic and social impact of this labor system in the Chesapeake.
As indentured servants finished their terms, they became free but often found that the best land was already claimed by wealthy planters, leading to a growing population of poor, landless freemen.
This step connects the characteristics of indentured servitude to the changing social structure of the colonies.
3
Link these social changes to colonial developments in the seventeenth century.
The frustration of landless freemen over economic opportunities and lack of protection against Native American conflicts culminated in Bacon's Rebellion (1676) and pushed planters toward chattel slavery.
This historical connection identifies the primary development resulting from the system.

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Indentured servitude and social stratification in the Chesapeake colonies
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Chesapeake and Southern Colonies

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