| 1585-1650 |
Virginia Maps |
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| 1585 |
John White, La Virgenia Pars |
| 1612 |
John Smith, Virginia map |
| 1650 |
John Farrer, Virgo Triumphans: or, Virginia richly and truly valued |
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| 1619-1634 |
From Temporary Outpost to Permanent Colony |
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| 1619 |
creation of “headright” land system — from extraction (gold) to production (tobacco) |
| 1620 |
importation of women — from outpost to settlement |
| 1634 |
creation of county system — from Native American to English land |
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Key Definitions |
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| headright |
100 acres for settling, and additional 50 acres for sponsoring servant |
| indentured servitude |
sponsor paid passage from England across Atlantic Ocean, in exchange for 5 or more years of servants’ labor (whereupon awarded freedom) |
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| c.1580-1724 |
Cultural Symbolism of Women |
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| c.1580 |
Johannes Stradanus, America |
| 1662-1663 |
Joan Blaeu, Atlas Major |
| 16th century |
Taino women at work, drawing by Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo |
| 1724 |
Iroquois women at work, drawing by Joseph-Francois Lafitau, in Moeurs de Savages Ameriquains |
| 1612 |
John Smith, A Map of Virginia |
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Queen Elizabeth I vs. Pocahontas |