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Chapter 2 England’s Imperial Stirrings- · England took little interest in establishing its own overseas colonies. · Religious conflicts troubled the English after King Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church in the 1530s. Elizabeth Energizes England- · The coast of Newfoundland was the scene of the first English attempt at colonization. · Sir Walter Raleigh organized an expedition that landed on North Carolina’s Roanoke Island in 1585. The colony mysteriously vanished. England on the Eve of Empire- · Population was increasing from 3 million in 1550 to 4 million in 1600. · An economic depression hit the woolen trade in the late 1500s, causing farmers to flock to cities and become beggars. · Peace with a chastened Spain provided the opportunity for English colonization. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">England was ready to establish in the uncharted wilderness of North America. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Population growth and unemployment proved to be the motives for the expedition to North America. The Indians’ New World- <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Horses migrated more Indian tribes into the Great Plains. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Disease was the biggest disrupter against the defenseless Indian population. Indians had to reinvent themselves because of the death of their elders from the diseases. Colonizing the Carolinas- <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">In the Restoration period, empire building resumed after Oliver Cromwell killed King Charles I. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Carolina named for Charles II, was formed in 1670. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Carolina flourished because of the sugar islands of the English West Indies. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Also established was a vigorous slave trade, many from Barbados. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Slaves also included the Savannah Indians.