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Chapter 2 Notes The Planting of English America 1500-1733 **-England Imperial Stirrings**
 * England has little interest in establishing colonies
 * King Henry VIII broke w/ Roman Cath. Church in 1530’s
 * England confiscated Catholic Irish land
 * Many English soldiers developed contempt for “savage natives”
 * -Elizabeth Energizes England **
 * England’s Francis Drake plunders Spain’s ships
 * Colony nearly in Roanoke, but mysteriously vanished
 * 1588 Spanish Armada devastated
 * English spirit blossomed and marked new era
 * -England on the Eve of Empire **
 * 3 million people to 4 million people 1550-1600
 * Farmers were thrown out by sheep herders
 * Only eldest sons could inherit land estates
 * Joint-stock company founded
 * Peace, population, thirst for adventure, finances. All in place
 * -England plants the Jamestown seedling **
 * 1606 charter for new colony (Va. company)
 * 3 ships chose bank of James River in 1607
 * Many died within months of landing
 * John Smith took leadership in 1608
 * -Cultural Clash in the Chesapeake **
 * Powahtan had control of most native Americans
 * 1610 Lord de la war arrived, declared war
 * Peace treaty signed 1646
 * -The Indians new world **
 * Old World pathogens ravage population of natives
 * -Maryland: Catholic Haven **
 * Maryland: 2nd plantation colony, but 4th English colony planted
 * Founded by lord Baltimore, devout catholic
 * Act of toleration 1649
 * -The West Indies: way station to America **
 * Mid 1600s England acquired several west indies islands
 * Jamaica acquired in 1655
 * Sugar cane rich mans crop- Tobacco poor mans crop
 * By 1700 black slaves outnumbered white settlers
 * -Colonizing the Carolinas **
 * King Charles dismissed parliament in 1629, recalled 1640
 * Rice was main export
 * 1700 Carolina too strong to be destroyed
 * -The Emergence of N. Carolina **
 * Many squatters and people of unemployment
 * Developed a strong resistance to authority
 * Virtually all coastal tribes irradiated by 1720
 * -Late coming Georgia – The buffer colony **
 * Formed to protect Carolinas from Spain (Florida)
 * Haven for people in large debt
 * All Christians except Catholics tolerated