AH+Chapter+2

// The Planting of the English America // // (1500-1733) // __ England’s Imperial Stirrings __ __ Queen Elizabeth I __ __ Just Before the English Empire Begins __ __ Conflicts in Chesapeake Bay __ __ Changes to the Indian War __ __ New Colonies __
 * Chapter 2 **
 * Before 1500, England didn’t compete with The Spanish empire because the were allies after the creation of the protestant church of England (Henry VIII) intensified the rivalry with the Catholic church, in 1530
 * Encouraged the spread of Protestantism and taking Spanish treasures
 * 1583, had the 1st colony idea in Newfoundland and in 1885 in Rhode Island (both failed)
 * 1588, beat Spanish navy →the beginning of the end of the Spanish empire, and England’s dominance of the seas (navy) for the next 200 years
 * 1550-1600, population increases from 3 to 4 million
 * The enclosure movement (fencing in croplands in order to allow sheep to graze) caused a larger poor population
 * Inheritance laws- non-eldest son had to earn money from the home, which led to joint-stock companies (members put their money together, which funded for exploration)
 * 1606, Virginia Company of London got a charter from King James to settle in the New World, guaranteed that they would have the same rights as the Englishmen
 * *Jamestown was established May 24,1607*
 * Many deaths occurred with exploration (1,200/8,000 survived)
 * 1st know as Anglo – Dowhatan War, a harsh massacre of the Indians that lasted until 1614
 * 1622, Indians killer 374 colonist as a way to save their people, but were killed by the English for their actions
 * European colonization altered the way of life: horses allowed to be nomad hunters, futile diseases killed many, firearm changed trading
 * Virginia: Birth place of tobacco industry (became popular in Europe, led to the want of more and more land), and had the House of Burgesses (1st mini- parliament of America)
 * Maryland: Catholic colony (funded by Catholic man Lord Baltimore), was a haven for Catholics who wanted a place to escape from persecution in England, also made money off of the tobacco industry
 * West Indies: Sugar Industry (rich man’s crop because of the amount of investing it takes to make a marketable/profitable amount of sugar)
 * The Carolinas: Worked with the sugar production system in the West Indies, but also introduced the slave system, North Carolina escaped from South Carolina
 * Georgia: Buffer colony (was established to protect more valuable colonies from the Spanish) was a very diverse colony: German Lutherans, Scottish Highlanders, Catholics