The document summarizes the history of the Chesapeake and Carolina colonies in North America. In the Chesapeake colonies, power was concentrated among wealthy planters involved in tobacco cultivation. Settlements were small and the population was predominantly male, with few women. Most emigrants were English indentured servants, while African slaves made up a small minority. Conditions were difficult. In Carolina, the land was officially owned by English lords but attracted settlers from Barbados. The colony relied on trading with and enslaving local Native Americans, and began cultivating rice and later indigo with slave labor on large plantations.

1. Theme 4 Part 2: The English in North America Kendra Lacasella History of the Americas Online November 12 th , 2011