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 The Planting of English America (1500-1733) · Primitive outposts- Spanish at Santa Fe (1610); French at Quebec (1608); English at Jamestown, Virginia (1607). · Roanoke colony established in 1585 by Sir Walter Raleigh. Mysteriously vanished soon after. · English's victory over Spanish Armada dampened Spain's spirit and helped ensure England's naval dominance in the North Atlantic. · Charter of the Virginia company- promised gold and a strong desire to find a passage through America to the Indies. Guaranteed same rights of Englishmen as they would back home. · May 24, 1607 about 100 English settlers (all men), disembarked. JAMESTOWN · Many died from disease, malnutrition, and starvation. Driven to desperate acts. · John Smith took over the failing colony in 1608. · In 1610, the new governor, Lord De La Warr, took over the colony and imposed a harsh military regime on the colony and took aggressive military action against the Indians. · Started the Anglo-Powhatan war in 1610 and later in 1614 a peace settlement to end the first war. · By 1625 Virginia contained only 1,200 survivors of nearly 8,000 people who had tried to start a new life there. · 1644- 2nd Anglo-Powhatan war. · Indians suffered from diseases, disorganization & disposability from Europe. · 1646 – Another peace treaty was signed. · By 1669 only about 2000 Indians remained in Virginia. 10% of the original population. · Trade transformed Indian life. Firearms gave them access to prime hunting grounds that could supply skins and pelts that the Europeans wanted. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· John Rolfe was the father of the tobacco industry and the economic savior of the Virginia colony. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· 1619 an assembly, known as the House of Burgesses, was established. First of many parliaments. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· In 1624 James I made Virginia a royal colony directly under his control. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Sugar formed the foundation of the West Indian economy. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Enormous numbers of African slaves were imported to run the sugar plantations. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· King Charles was beheaded in 1649. Cromwell ruled England for a decade. Charles II restored to the throne in 1660. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· In 1700 Carolina was a strong colony. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Georgia was founded in 1733 and named in honor of King George II of England.