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European outposts in North America
Spanish Santa Fe, French Quebec, English Jamestown, VA
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England vs. Spain vs France - inevitable?
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
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Sir Walter Raleigh
credited for introducing tobacco and the potato into England, developed Roanoke
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Roanoke
first attempt at English settlement in VA, developed by Sir Walter Raleigh, mysteriously vanished, swallowed up by wilderness
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Spanish Armada vs. Great Britain
English win, which leads to England and Spain becoming enemies
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Queen Elizabeth I
helped to weaken the Spanish Empire by hiring sea dogs (pirates) to destroy Spanish ships (Protestant)
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joint-stock company and Virginia Company
financially supported the settlement of Jamestown
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Jamestown
first permanent English settlement in North America
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Goals set for Jamestown
- promise of gold
- find a passage through America to the Indies (Northwest Passage)
- glory
- fame
- pride
- nationalism
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struggling Jamestown
settled on a swamp, mosquitoes, disease, none worked (only looked for gold), didn't befriend Indians, starvation
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Starving Period
- 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
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Pocahontas
daughter of Powhatan, Indian Chief, captured on a ship, marries John Rolfe, taken to England, child named Thomas, died of small pox
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John Rolfe
marries Pocahontas and takes her to England, trying to convince people to buy his version of tobacco
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House of Burgesses
first representative house, gathered in a church, 1619 Jamestown, self government
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Introduction of slavery
Jamestown start of slave trade (Africans)
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primogeniture
when the oldest son gets the land and the younger sons get nothing
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Native American 3 D's
- Disease - small pox
- Dispose-ability - we don't need them anymore after settling
- Disorganization - didn't have a set goverment
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Jamestown establish for posterity
introduced slavery, African Americans, Native Americans, products: tobacco, cotton, plantations, House of Burgesses
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John Smith
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
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Powhatans
captured John Smith, Confederacy of Indians - created war
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Native American struggles
diseases, war, starvation and famines
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Lord DeLa Warr
arrived at Jamestown just as they were abandoning it (starving time), convinced them to stay, turned on the Indians
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Maryland
intended to be a plantation colony, founded by Lord Baltimore, refuge for Catholics
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Toleration Act of 1649
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
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Lord Baltimore
founded Maryland
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England became involved in exploration
primogeniture, religion, find gold, overpopulation, Northwest Passage, competition with Spain, for jobs
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How did European intrusion amend the Native American culture
brought disease, more wars, more deaths, forced Indians to migrate, acculturation
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