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Economy
Dependence on tobacco
No crop rotation
Demand for land will cause conflicts with Indians
Demand for labor:
1. Indentured Sevants
2. Head-right System 50 acres of land for immigrants passage
A. Merchant-planter caste
B. White Slaves 3/4 of European immigrants
Life conditions..
50% of the people born will not reach the age of 20
Soil:
Rocky, harsh
Common diseases:
Malaria
Dysentery
Male to female ratio 6:1
Average marriages last 7yrs
1619- The first African slaves will arrive in Jamestown.
Life in the Chesapeake