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Chapter 2 Notes

1500s 1558 Elizabeth I queen of England 1565-1590- Irish rebel crushed 1577- Drake circumnavigates the globe 1585 Raleigh founds Roanoke 1588 Spanish Armada defeated 1600s 1603 James I king of England 1604 Spain and England sign treaty 1607 Jamestown 1612 Tobacco made 1614 Indian war ends 1619 Slaves in Jamestown 1624 Virginia colony 1634 Massachusetts colony 1640 slaves introduced popularly 1644 New Indian war 1649 Cromwell takes over 1660 Charles II restored 1670 Connecticut colony 1700s 1711-1713 Tuscarora War in North Carolina 1712 N. and S. Carolina established 1715-1716 War in S.C. 1733- Georgia established Spain controlled new world English interest in the colonies was sparked by the Reformation In 1588 the “invincible Armada” was crush by English ships England felt it was overpopulated The voyage to the Americas was rough with many colonists dying from starvation, diseases, and malnourishment The English and Natives had tense relations New world diseases killed Europeans and European diseases killed Indians John Rolfe popularized tobacco starting in VA VA became a colony when James I abandoned it, detesting tobacco The West Indies were the way to the mainland Southern plantations were popular