Social Studies Chapter 5

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Social Studies Chapter 5

• Lesson 1

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Vocabulary

• Indentured Servant-a person agrees to work for
  someone for a set period of time (usually 5
  years) in exchange for paying for their
  transportation to the colonies. Works toward
  their freedom.
• Slave trade-buying and selling of enslaved
  (slaves) people
• Artisan-a worker with a special skill
  ex-carpenter or a shoemaker
• Huguenots-settlers to NY from France

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Why did people come to NY?

• Dream of buying land
• Religious freedom
• Finding a Job

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Who came to New York?

• British-British were from England, Scotland
  and Wales.
• French-Huguenots settled in New Paltz
• Germans settled in Dutchess County
  Rhinebeck

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Others that came to New York

• Indentured Servant

• Slave

• Colonist paid for trip
• Servant promises to work for a period of time (5
  years) - Eventually was set free
• Worked hard in cities and farms

• Purchased just like property
• Usually had no hope to be free
• Worked hard in cities and farms

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New York had a Mix of Cultures

• Languages
• Foods
• Ways of building houses
• Customs
• Music
• stories

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Video on Indentured Servants and Slaves

• http//www.learn360.com/ShowVideo.aspx?ID348396

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Examples of cultures

• Dutch Ice Skating
• Huguenots Stone Houses
• English Tennis

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Slavery in NY
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Slavery Expands

• 1664

• 1764

• 700 Africans lived in NY
• Many of them were free and owned land

• 20,000 Africans lived in NY
• Many of them were enslaved (slaves)

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Why did Slavery expand

• The Slave Trade
• The buying and selling of slaves

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Jobs the Slaves did

• Did many of the same jobs Europeans did
• Became artisans-someone with a special skill
• Men were Carpenters, shoemakers, plowed fields,
  cut wood
• Women worked in homes- cooked, made clothes

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Escaping Slavery was Dangerous

• Freedom meant escaping
• Escaping was dangerous
• Rewards for capturing slaves
• Slavery was dangerous because
• Returned slaves were punished harshly
• Slaves would try to escape to the land of the
  Native Americans. THEY WERE WELCOMED THERE.

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Slaves Revolt

• In 1712, Slaves revolt in NYC
• Set fire to a building
• 21 slaves were captured and executed
• A result of the slave revolt was
• This caused people to begin speaking out against
  slavery