Settling in America: Parts
Pennsylvania became know as the “Melting Pot” or the “Holy Experiment.” Also Delaware was settled in by Sweden known as New Sweden. There were lots of farms growing grain. This place was known as the “Breadbasket.” Virginia had farms combining Large and subsistence called Plantations. They were all growing mostly cash crops or crops to sell in 1699. Most were along rivers. The capital of Virginia went from Jamestown to Williamsburg. There was an incident called Bacons Rebellion. The King had failed to give protection to outer farmers from Indians and elections had stopped. A farmer named Nate Bacon formed a rebellion and burned Jamestown. Bacon grew ill and died. So did the rebellion. Berkley had fled and comeback from Britain with an Army. They hung 23 of the rebel
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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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