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Chapter 2 -Face of New World transformed. -North America was largely unexplored in 1600 and for longer. England’s imperial stirrings. -England competed with the Spanish empire in the 1500’s. -Ireland became part of that rivalry. Elizabeth Energizes England. -English buccaneers swarmed out on the shipping landings. -Newfound land was where the English first attempted at colonization. -The English failed miserably and embarrassed themselves extremely. -The Spanish armada marked the beginning of the end of Spanish Imperial dreams. -English beat Spanish Armada. -This defeat bloomed the English national spirit. England on the Eve of Empire. -England throbbed with social and economic change. -This population alarmed contemporaries. -Laws of primogeniture decreed that only the oldest sons were eligible. -Peace with Spain gave the English and opportunity for colonization. -In 1606 Virginia had a lot of destiny England plants the James town seedling. -The charter of the Virginia company is a significant document in American history. -Setting sail in late 1606, Virginia had 3 ships land near the mouth of Chesapeake bay. -Jamestown was a nightmare. -Virginia was saved from utter collapse. -The colonists died in droves -In 1610, colonists were diseased and despairing and went home. -Disease gave the Viginians a terrible harvest. Cultural clash in the Chesapeake. -English landed in 1600. -Powhatan dominate the narrative people living in the James River area. -The atmosphere grew even more strained when DeLaWarr arrived -An 8 year respite followed. -Indians attempted to defeat Virginians in 1644 but failed. -Powhatans fell to disease disorganizations and disposability -They are known as the three D’s -The Indians New World -European settlement went forward and Native settlement died off. -Some changes were fairly benign -Disease was everyone’s biggest problem around this time. -Trade transformed Indian life. -Natives fell to Atlantic economy. -Atlantic Indians got hit by this European contact the most. Virginia: Child of tobacco -John Rolfe was the husband of Pocahontas -Virginia’s prosperity was built on tobacco smoke. -African slaves were brought to Jamestown by the Dutch in 1619. -Slavery and representative government was born in 1619 in Virginia. -James grew hostile to Virginia.