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Chapter 2 of APUSH explores England's exploration and competition during the late 1500s, focusing on the Protestant-Catholic rivalry and Queen Elizabeth I's influence. The chapter details key figures such as Sir Francis Drake, who circumnavigated the globe and attacked Spanish settlements, and Sir Walter Raleigh's failed Roanoke colony. The establishment of Jamestown in 1607 by the Virginia Company marks the beginning of English colonization. Key developments include the cultivation of tobacco, the introduction of African labor, and the creation of the House of Burgesses, setting the foundation for self-government in America.
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Chapter 2 APUSH • The Planting of English America
England’s Exploration • Catholic/Protestant Rivalry • Queen Elizabeth I’s Influence • Spread Protestant religion • Seize Spanish ships and raid their settlements • Sir Francis Drake- Circumnavigated the globe and stole from the Spanish. • Sir Walter Raleigh- Lost colony of Roanoke Island • Defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. Marks the beginning of the downturn for the Spanish Empire
Why Now for England? • Growing population between 1550 and 1600. • Economic depression in the wool trade in the late 1500s. (Large populations of Puritans impacted by this) • Only the oldest sons of wealthy landowners could inherit estates, so younger sons went in search of fortune. • Law of primogeniture
Jamestown • Virginia Company receives charter from James I for a New World settlement. • Was supposed to only be for a few years to turn a quick profit (Joint-stock company) • Charter of the Virginia Company a very important document. • Guarantees to overseas British settlers the same rights as if they were at home
Jamestown • John Smith (1608)- “He who shall not work shall not eat” • Starving time- Winter 1609-10 • Lord De La Warr takes over in 1610 • Harsh ruler that took an aggressive stance against the Native Americans.
Conflicts with the Natives • First Anglo-Powhatan War • Lord De La Warr raids villages and burns houses in a more aggressive stance against the Native Americans • Ends in 1614 with the marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe • 1622- Indian attacks kill 347 settlers, including Rolfe • Second Anglo-Powhatan War (1644) • Win by the Virginians ends with peace treaty in 1646 that banishes Indians from their lands and separates them from white settlers.
Important Developments • Cultivation of tobacco- John Rolfe • 1619- first Africans brought by the Dutch and sold to colonists in Virginia • House of Burgesses created in 1619- birth of representative self-government • By 1625, population of Virginia is only around 1,200.