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What system allowed spanish colonists to demand labor from native Americans?
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Why was Virginia's African American population so much larger than those of the other colonies?
Virginia's agricultural system depended on slave labor.
What was true in early Spanish colonies in the New World?
the colonists used natives for slave labor.
What did the headright system do?
The "headright" system was developed as an attempt to get more colonists to move to the newly established English colonies in the Chesapeake area. It guaranteed any colonist who paid their way to the colonies 50 acres of land. This offer was also good for anybody who payed for another person to go to the colonies. The "headright" system was appealing to many "common folk", as they were known, because it promised them land and usually it was more land than they had in England.
Why did European colonists stop using Native Americans for slave labor?
Many of the Native Americans died of disease from being around the Europeans. Colonists also traded with Africa and African Americans became more efficient.
