What events illustrate the racial, class, and religious tensions in the chesapeake?

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 In 1654, however, with the Protestants of Maryland in the majority, the act was revoked.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.

first of all, it's important to say that the book we shall not be moved, written by joan dash, is about the first strike of women in the united states in the year 1909. the best historical detail to clarify the reader's undertanding is the phrase "general strike". this strike involved women working at a garment factory who decided to protest   long working hours, low wages and brutal conditions. this strike became known as "the new york shirtwaist strike" or "the uprising of the 20,000". the strike mostly involved jewish women who did not speak english or who had a basic knowledge of the english language. finally, the strike went on from november 1909 until february 1910.

apart from being against desegregation, governor of georgia eugene talmadge opposed as well to the work progress administration, an ambitious program of the "new deal" created by president franklin d. roosevelt to overcome the great depression after world war i. talmadge disagreed with welfare spending, job training and organized labor. according to his ideas, he thought the government was spending too much money on this, and he wasn't willing to accept a wage higher than georgia's lower average wage. besides, talmadge strongly opposed to the "new deal" as he thought it had communist ideas.