(doc1) (doc4) Through India, Britain was able to obtain tropical produce for their citizens. In return, Britain brought the people of those garden spots the necessary resources to sustain such production. Britain modernized India, building 40,000 miles of railway, 70,000 miles of paved roads numerous canals, telegraphs, and 30 million acres of irrigation. These improvements with the many resources available made India, Britain’s most profitable colony, the brightest jewel in their crown. On the opposite end, British colonialism required massive military budgets to protect the people of India, placing quite a burden on the British people.
(Document 3) To some, the heavy cost of indentured servitude was too much. “(Document 3) Mittelberger describes the price of indentured servitude as the, "barter and sale of their children as if they were cattle. What made the American colonies a prosperous land of opportunity In the South, "The trade of this colony Virginia is large and extensive.” (Document 4) The rise of large towns is a good indication of the high level of economic prosperity and standards of living in colonial America. “(Document 2) In contrast, Gottlieb Mittelberger writes in his Journey to Pennsylvania that those who can perform manual labor in their own country should, "stay THERE rather than come to America. That opportunity, however, was at the cost of their fellow man.
The mix of immigrant and different ethnicity working together created what makes Hawaii so diverse and unique today. Immigration has been and continues to be a great importance to Hawaii’s social, economic, and political life. At the time the economy of Hawaii was bombing from the profit of goods from the plantations, with the increase of profit they need more workers to work. Plantations would grow rapidly and to speed up the process of harvesting crops and good, with the low amount of people on Hawaii the plantation owner sought for new workers that would work for lower pay, this lead them to go for foreigners. When Hawaiian plantations began to increase, there was a dyer need in labor force needed to be imported.
Andre Oliva Over the course of colonial and American history, the use of slavery became a huge driving force in the agricultural prosperity of the southern part of the English Colonial territories, which eventually spread out to the rest of the English territories over time. Unbeknownst to most, indentured servitude was the system that laid the foundation for the lucrative slave system – So why was it phased out in favor of slavery? Indentured servants were people that couldn’t afford the trip over to the new world, instead choosing to pay the price of the voyage with labor. Once they paid off their debt, servants were able to leave, get a small farm of their own, and grow their own crops for a living- Because of this the amount of indentured servant’s available dwindled, making the small amount of indentured servants too expensive to buy. African slaves on the other hand, were very available according to records from the “Estimated Immigration into the thirteen colonies and the United States…1607-1819” statistical table- There were 33,200 slaves available in the years 1607-1699, and 278,400 slaves available 1776-1809- An increase of 245,200 slaves.
The massive number of European immigrants that entered into America’s east coast from the late 1800’s and on forever influenced the growth and development of the country. Fleeing crop failure, famine, rising taxes, and land/job shortages, many immigrants journeyed to the United States because it was perceived as the land of economic opportunity. With hope for a brighter future, nearly 27 million immigrants arrived in the United States between 1880 and 1920. The majority of the immigrants entered through Ellis Island, leading it to become the gateway to America and become recognized as a national symbol. Many of the immigrants, not knowing the way America worked, didn’t stray too far from the East Coast and moved into areas filled with people of similar languages, traditions, and beliefs.
Tobacco was the main source of the colony’s economical growth and was in great need of being produced. Indentured servants were the primary source of forced labor before the introduction of Africans they were put under contract for 5 years or more as demonstrated in Document C for in return a piece of land and some corn was offered, but the wages of there service was rising causing colonist to look away and the event of Bacon’s Rebellion made colonist look into Africa for slaves to produce force labor. This was then the beginning of the African slave trade and the Middle Passage, as demonstrated in Document D the slaves were packed in the deck of the ship all side to side for a 4-6 week trip across the Atlantic. When arrived in Jamestown they cleaned and thoroughly checked then auctioned in return for tobacco and other goods. Despite these improvements, the colony was not a financial success.
By the dawn of the nineteenth century, however, the conditions for an unprecedented cotton boom had emerged: rapidly rising demand from British textile industry, following innovations in spinning, weaving, and steam power technologies; improvements in ginning technology which facilitated the easy separation of the fibers from the seeds; the availability of inexpensive land with soil and climate conducive to the growth of cotton; and strong legal and political institutions securing the maintenance of an enslaved labor force. By 1801, the annual production of cotton had increased to 48 million pounds, in 1860, it stood at a phenomenal 1,650 million pounds. As early as the 1830s the United States produced more cotton than all other countries combined, and the value of cotton exports exceeded the value of all other American exports put
Taxation became an huge issue as British needed money to pay off their debts from the previous war so they passed the Sugar Act in 1764 and then the Stamp Act shortly afterwards. This taxed sugar, molasses, and paper goods which was a huge deal to the colonies that started getting them angry right away. The colonies first act of rebellion was the creation of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty and came up with the idea to tar and feather tax collectors while threatening their life. Trade even became tougher as the British started putting tax on pretty much everything especially tea with the Tea Act in 1773. Was this a tax?
L3 Marketing British Civilization Slavery: from the Abolition of an Unchristian Trade in the UK to Others Forms of Enslavement (1834-2010) I Indentured servants and immigrants: new forms of slavery How the slaves were replaced: Shortage of labour from 1838 onwards => planters encouraged new waves of immigration, especially from India and gave them a new status, which became “indentured servants” (workers whose passage is paid for, providing they promise to work for a number of years (5) for the same estate and for low wages). 1. From slave to indentured servant: a seemingly positive evolution1 Remember that this is the vision exposed in a document, it is only one representation! Definition of indentured servants: The ex-slave
In the north, there many promoted industry; shipbuilding industry had become the foremost industrial sector. Down in the south, plantation economy is a top priority to with goods of crops, such as tobacco and sugar cane, they mainly supply the European market. After the war against French, British government increased some unfair taxes in the colonists. "The war had saddled Britain with