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**TWO ** · 1558, Elizabeth becomes queen of England · Irish wanted to get the protestant queen off the throne · Elizabeth goals were to spread Protestantism and seize Spanish treasures · Elizabeth was known as the ‘Virgin Queen’ because she was never married · England’s victory of the Spanish armada helped England’s dominance in the North Atlantic · 1604, England and Spain signed a peace treaty · England’s population grew 1 million from 1550-1600 landlords were ‘enclosing ‘ croplands from sheep grazing forcing small farmers off the land · 1606 a joint stock company received a charter from King James 1 for a settlement in the new world. Promised gold combined with a strong desire to find a passage through American to the Indies · May 24, 1607 Jamestown was made · Many died because they did not know how to hunt for food and were too caught up in the search for gold · John Smith saved them and said “He who shall not work shall not eat” · By 1625, not many settlers lived · English relationship and Indians did not have a good relationship because English stole food. · Anglo-Powhattan war ended 1614 by a peace settlement and Pocahontas marrying John Rolfe <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· 2nd war in 1644 banished Indians from ancestral lands. 1669 only 2000 remained <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· John Rolfe perfected tobacco in 1612. The industry grew <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· 1619, 20 slaves brought over which started slavery in the US <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  1634 Maryland became 2nd plantation family by Lord Baltimore <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· The wealthy could only afford sugar <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· By 1700 there were more blacks than white because of how popular sugar had became. The ratio was 4:1 <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Barbados slave code (1661) said slaves could not be violent towards and Christian or else they would be beaten or killed. Not person was then liable for a money fine <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· 1648, King Charles beheaded and Oliver Cromwell ruled. In 1660 Charles on took over <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· 1707 Savannah Indians ended alliance with Carolinians. They wanted to be with Quakers. Carolinians decided to kill many Indians <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· 1712 North Caroling was separated from south <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· 1733 Georgia was the final colony to be founded <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Georgia was made mainly for a “buffer” it protected Spaniards if Florida from attacking the Carolinians