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CHAPTER 2The Planting of English America

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1. European Transition of

Power

Englishvs. Spanish

King HenryVIII (1530) breaks from

Catholicchurch, creates rivalry with Spain

Queen Elizabethlate 1500s- spread ofProtestantism & seizing of Spanish ships

Philip II(Spain)

Defeat of the Spanish Armada

1588
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2. English Factors

Why did the English have the desire to

move to the New World?

Overcrowdness- lack of land, Surplus

Population

Primogeniture- only oldest sons were to

inherit their family estates, motivated to

get land in New World


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3. The Business of America

irginiaCompany

Jamestown 1607 Joint-Stock

Companies- ModernCorporations

Charter of Virginia Co.rights of the British Empire


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4. Difficulties in the New World

JohnSmith-1607

Chesapeake areadisease,

mosquitoes

Gentlemen of Virginia did not want

to do work

Smiths philosophy was no work, no

food

Winter of 1609-1610known as the

Starving Time,only 60out of 400

survived


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5. Indian Clashes

De La Warrarrived in 1610, aggressive toward

the Indians

First Anglo-PowhatanWar (1614)

Various attacks, VirginiaCompany called forconstant war until the Indians were eliminated

Powhatansdestroyed by the end of the 1600s

Led to many more conflicts
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6. Virginia Chews on their future

Virginianeeded to find a productthat

would bring economicprosperity for

England

John Rolfe 1612- tobacco

Difficulton soil, led to plantationsystem

Formed the first legislative body, Houseof Burgesses in 1619
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7. MARYLAND

Lord Baltimore

(1634)

CatholicHaven

Act of Toleration Religious Toleration (1649)

for all Christians
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8. West Indies

West Indies

A. Sugar

- Toughto Grow

- Labor Force

- Import of AfricanSlaves, Barbados Slave Code of

1661, denied any rights to slaves

- Brought to Carolina,led to modern slavesystem

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9. Other Colonies Begin to Form

Carolina & Georgia

B. Carolinas

CivilWar in England(1640s),delayed colonization,

closely tied to West Indies, prominent slaveryamongst

IndiansRice-major crop, slavesfrom Africa experienced with

rice

Charles Town (Charleston, SC)emerged into a major

seaportNC, average people between the aristocrats

Georgia, Bufferbetween the Spanishin FL and Frenchin LA

James Oglethorpe-haven for debtors, prisoners, belief

that they could be changed
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10. Iroquois Nation

Upstate New York

FiveIndian nations

Longhouse-primary building of the Iroquois

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