SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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Question
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Reluctant to learn English labor techniques
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could easily escape
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religious reasons
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were head often of the household
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Detailed explanation-1: -Escaped slaves faced a life of hardship, with little food, infrequent access to shelter or medical care, and the constant threat of local sheriffs, slave catchers or civilian lynch mobs. Plantation owners whose slaves ran away frequently placed runway slave advertisements in local newspapers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Students will likely be aware of the more obvious forms of slave resistance, such as open rebellion or insurrection.
Detailed explanation-3: -Native Americans in Colonial America Native Americans resisted the efforts of the Europeans to gain more land and control during the colonial period, but they struggled to do so against a sea of problems, including new diseases, the slave trade, and an ever-growing European population.
Detailed explanation-4: -Many enslaved people wanted to be free so they could develop their own talents and make some money of their own. They wanted to be free to live where they chose, to get an education and, especially, to stay with their families.