Autocracy. An autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power is concentrated in the hands of one person, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control
The Chesapeake colonies had people who lived short and nasty lives because of all the diseases and dangers that could end their lives prematurely. This includes things like dysentery or typhoid. They could also get killed by animals or the locals. There was a lot of fighting between the people too because for each woman there were 6 men, so a lot of the men fought for women. Commonly people wouldn't go past their forties at best.
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Getting someone who stand in your favour
