PG 93
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After 1660, the colonies began to expand more and more, so they needed more workers on their plantations. One option were English, Scottish or Irish prisoners which were brought to North America to work on the fields for a certain period of time (mostly seven years). After that they were released.
Another option were the indentured servants. These people payed the fee to come over to the Americas with work.
3 years later in a colony south of Virginia, King Charles II founded “Carolina”. For Charleston (first Charles Town), an English philospher (John Locke) wrote the constitution. It said that every man had the right to decide on his body and work. Shortly thereafter, Carolina seperated into two independent colonies.
The last of the British colonies (Georgia) was founded to give English debtors and poor people could start all over. Furthermore, Georgia could protect the other British colonies from Spanish attacks.
Besides the British and Spanish settlers, France also founded some colonies in North America. But their settlements didn’t grow as fast as the other colonies did, so the French settlers decided to bring other men to their colonie. These tenant farmers worked for a fixed number of days each year for the estate holders and paid an annual rent.
While France concentrated on the northern part of North America, the Spanish settlers started missions along the Pacific coast. Their intention was not only to convert other people to Christianity, but they also forced Native Americans to work on their land als laborers.
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