The Southern Colonies--The Business of Colonization

1. Colonies as Businesses--"Privatized Imperialism"
   1. The Profit Imperative
   2. The Formula for Success
      1. Find a Market Niche
      2. Encourage Entrepreneurship and Settlement
         1. Access to Land
         2. Minimal Regulation
         3. Share in Government
   3. Results
      1. New Lands
      2. New Industries--Plantation Agriculture
      3. New Opportunities for Poorer Whites
         1. Indentured Servitude, THEN
         2. Freedom in a "New World"
      4. New Exploitation--The Rise of Slavery
2. The Prototype--Virginia
   1. Origin--Not the Pilgrim Fathers
      1. Single Males as Settlers
      2. Military Government
      3. Confused Goals--The Spanish Model
   2. Early Failure
   3. A Strategy for Success Emerges
      1. A Profit Center--Tobacco
      2. A New Promotional Strategy--The Sandys Regime
         1. Land Distribution--The Headright System
         2. Stake in Government--A Representative Assembly
      3. Results
         1. Influx of Settlers
         2. Collapse of Company
         3. The Plantation System
         4. Labor Exploitation--Indentured Servitude
3. The American Paradox--Freedom (for some) Resting on Exploitation (of others)