Throughout the 1700s,the Chesapeake developed a strongly egalitarian social structure that anticipated revolutionary republican values.

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The Chesapeake region, which consisted of Virginia and Maryland, developed a strongly hierarchical social structure during the 1700s, characterized by a wealthy planter elite who owned large plantations and a large population of enslaved Africans who worked on those plantations. This social structure was antithetical to revolutionary republican values, which emphasized equality and equal representation.

Throughout the 1700s,the Chesapeake Developed a Strongly Egalitarian Social Structure