Chapter 2

Spanish Santa Fe, French Quebec, English Jamestown, VA

was inevitable because of the outpost buildings that caused problems and since they were all trying to claim territory, so it would have happened anyway

credited for introducing tobacco and the potato into England, developed Roanoke

first attempt at English settlement in VA, developed by Sir Walter Raleigh, mysteriously vanished, swallowed up by wilderness

English win, which leads to England and Spain becoming enemies

helped to weaken the Spanish Empire by hiring sea dogs (pirates) to destroy Spanish ships (Protestant)

financially supported the settlement of Jamestown

first permanent English settlement in North America

• promise of gold
• find a passage through America to the Indies (Northwest Passage)
• glory
• fame
• pride
• nationalism

settled on a swamp, mosquitoes, disease, none worked (only looked for gold), didn't befriend Indians, starvation

• time of starvation of Jamestown, cannibalism, barely able to dig graves, animals were digging the bodies up and eating human flesh, village burned, harsh winter
• started when Captain John Smith left the colony
• Native Americans attacked Englishmen
• 500 became 60 english people
• famine

daughter of Powhatan, Indian Chief, captured on a ship, marries John Rolfe, taken to England, child named Thomas, died of small pox

marries Pocahontas and takes her to England, trying to convince people to buy his version of tobacco

first representative house, gathered in a church, 1619 Jamestown, self government

Jamestown start of slave trade (Africans)

when the oldest son gets the land and the younger sons get nothing

• Disease - small pox
• Dispose-ability - we don't need them anymore after settling
• Disorganization - didn't have a set goverment

introduced slavery, African Americans, Native Americans, products: tobacco, cotton, plantations, House of Burgesses

came up with "you don't work, you don't eat," captured by Powhatans but returned, got a gun powder burn and forced to go back to England

captured John Smith, Confederacy of Indians - created war

diseases, war, starvation and famines

arrived at Jamestown just as they were abandoning it (starving time), convinced them to stay, turned on the Indians

intended to be a plantation colony, founded by Lord Baltimore, refuge for Catholics

did not accept Atheists, Jewish, and people who didn't believe in the Trinity and punished those who disobeyed Christ, so just believe in Christ and you won't be bothered

founded Maryland

primogeniture, religion, find gold, overpopulation, Northwest Passage, competition with Spain, for jobs

brought disease, more wars, more deaths, forced Indians to migrate, acculturation