Lecture 3: New England Settlements

1. Motivations
   1. Economic
   2. Religious
      1. separatists
      2. non-separatists
         
         

2. Settlements

   1. Plymouth
   2. Massachusetts Bay
      
      

3. English relations with Native Americans
   A. "This Widowed Land"
   B. Interaction with European settlers

Lecture 4: Indentured Servitude: The English Background

1. Definition and Extent
   1. Indentured Servants
   2. Redemptioners

2. Factors Contributing to its Rise
   1. Pull: labor scarcity, headright system, profits of trade
   2. Push: enclosure movement, business cycles, declining urban wages, vagrancy laws

3. Social Origins of Servants
   1. Age, Sex, and Occupational Backgrounds
   2. Unfree Servants--Criminals and Political Prisoners

4. Servant Trade in Operation

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