9. What difficult choice does Thaddeus Stevens make on the floor of Congress? Speaking to a
fellow Republican after his speech, how does Stevens explain the reason for his decision? Bonus!
How is Stevens' behavior/explanation a perfect example of how politics works in both the 19th
and 21st centuries?

assessment is the missing word

from the religious point of view, the conflicts began because of the enmity between catholic and protestants. in 1649, at the insistence of baltimore, the colonial assembly approved the act of religious tolerance, the first law in the colonies granting freedom of worship, though only for christians. in 1654, however, with the protestants of maryland in the majority, the act was revoked. the almost civil war broke out and order was not restored until 1658, when lord baltimore was returned to power.

on the issue of class conflict, the chesapeake region offered few economic opportunities to contract employees who had served their term of obligation. even with the small amount of capital needed to grow tobacco, former hired servants at best became subsistence farmers, a mature class for those called to rebellion, such as those proposed by nathaniel bacon. as the number of new hired workers declined because of limited chances of progress and reports of severe treatment, they were replaced by african slaves.

from the racial point of view, after 1660, the chesapeake colonies imposed laws that defined slavery as a lifelong and hereditary condition based on race. this made slaves profitable because planters could rely not only on their work but also on their children. the slave population, which numbered four thousand in virginia and maryland in 1675, grew significantly by the end of the century.

0. how did the annual sum of their wages compare with the cost of tallow candles at potosí? tallow candles were 300,000 so for huancavelica it takes 3,000 years and for chaplains it took 350 years.11. compare the wages of the mita workers at potosí with the wages paid those amerindians (native americans) who freely hired themselves out? the amerindians made 3 to 4 times more than the mita workers.12. what do you conclude about these figures (6 – 9)? 2