SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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They didn’t know how.
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They forced the women to work.
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They wanted to hire American Indians to do the work.
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They were rich and used to having servants do all of their work in England.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The numbers of servants continued to dwindle in the 20th Century, particularly for the middle classes, and World War I and II had a profound effect.
Detailed explanation-2: -Certainly there are now many people working in service, and there are no shortage of families wanting to hire professional domestic staff-but in London that probably has to do with the sheer number of wealthy people arriving in the capital to set up new homes, and almost nothing to do with Downtown Abbey.
Detailed explanation-3: -The mistreatment of servants was commonplace, and young maids were especially vulnerable to being sexually exploited. Once hired, they found themselves in households in which a strict and unbreachable hierarchy below stairs ensured that they stayed on the lowest rung of that society.
Detailed explanation-4: -Servants in Victorian England were responsible for most domestic chores and labor such as washing clothes and cooking food.