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☆☆☆☆☆A Promise To Give Land to People Who Settled In Virginia
The Headright System, introduced in Virginia, gave each head of household the right to fifty acres of land for himself and fifty additional acres for each adult family member of servant that he brought to America.
The four square kilometers of land was given to anyone who was accepted to cross the Atlantic Ocean to help populate the colonies.
they sold other Africans to slave traders
The West African tribes, waged war with each other in order to raid and captured people from rival tribes which they then transported to the coast and sold to slave traders. It was a lucrative business for them and made the coastal tribes very rich and powerful.
By becoming indentured servants
New types of food helped many Europeans live better lives.
new types of foods helped many Europeans live better lives.
They believed that he and his men were gods, sent from heaven.
Keeping livestock allowed many hunters to do other things.
smallpox
that improved diets from new food sources.
That it improved diets from new food sources
what happened as a result of columbus coming to american continents
Objects such as wool blankets and skills such as horsemanship among plains Indian Tribes are examples of the Colombian exchange causing cultural changes.
Cultural Change
cultural change
Things once unknown now seem like they have always been a part of many cultures.
keeping livestock allowed many hunters to do other things
Most people south of the United States still speak Spanish
