In the case of Virginia, there is an ongoing fight with the natives of the Pamunkey Indians. The colonists need more land to farm, causing them to push deeper from the east coastline of North American, entering the territory of indigenous populations. The native tribes were upset that the colonists were taking their sacred land and killing and enslaving their people (500 Nations Documentary). Essentially, the governor of Virginia advocated to construct defensive forts along the frontier, but all members of colonies had to pay for the defense system. A colonist Nathaniel Bacon demands a commission and goes out against the Pamunkey Indians but was rejected by the governor, so he rebelled with many other landless farmers and burned down Jamestown (Chattel Slavery, Slide 28). This is the marking point where the elite planter and wealthy governors learn to not rely too much on indentured servants. Landowners had already paid high for indentured servants to keep them on the farm as long as they can (Colonial America 1607-1750, Section 2), but this type of labor system is going to be used up eventually. They do not want…show more content… Starting in the Caribbean, the environment consists of unfamiliar diseases and climate, yet the British are trying to sustain the intensive labor practices necessary for cultivating sugar. Unable to handle the unfamiliar and extreme working conditions, the British borrowed from the Portuguese and Dutch the practice of importing enslaved workers (Colonial America 1607-1750, Section 1). In South Carolinas, farmers developed staple crops such as rice and indigo, which created a demand for labor that English migrants alone could not satisfy. In addition, the Bacon’s rebellion is a reminder that using indentured servants might lead to a terrible result if the colonists could not meet the demands of new
