The english in north america assignment #4
- 1. The English in north America
- 2. American colonies 6: Virginia Spanish concluded that Florida adequately protected the heartland of their empire to the south in Mexico and the Caribbean1616, colonists belatedly discovered their prime commodity in tobacco which lead to an explosive growth in population, territory, and wealth
- 3. American colonies 6: Virginia Since a war erupted in Spain in 1585, the English queen lacked the means to finance and govern an overseas colonyRichard Hakluyt summarized his goals as “1. To plant Christian religion, 2. To trafficke, 3. To conquer.”
- 4. American colonies 6: Virginia 1585, Sir Walter Raleigh sent colonists to settle on RoanokeThe English colonial promoters had insisted that the diverse attractions of colonization would all work together in perfect harmonyIn order to look for English ships, the English mariners dumped colonists
- 5. American colonies 6: Virginia 1604, a peace treaty with Spain reduced the danger of Spanish attack on a new colonyJamestown lay beside a broad swamp, which was good for defense against Spanish or Indian attack but bad for the health of colonists
- 6. American colonies 7: Chesapeake colonies1676, Virginia erupted in rebellion when the servants and freed men blamed their destruction on an unqualified class of ruling plantersThe colonial Virginians developed the American interdepance of elite rule, popular politics, and white racial supremacy
- 7. American colonies 7: Chesapeake coloniesThe wealthiest planters dominated the county system of local governmentThe Chesapeake colonists lived in a political hierarchy with four tiersThe political culture assumed that the health and survival of the larger commonwealths of county, colony, and realm all depended upon the order of commonwealth
- 8. American colonies 7: Chesapeake coloniesThe Chesapeake demanded too much labor from too many colonies in contrast to EnglandChesapeake emigrants were a subset of the many poor people moving around England in search of food and workThe Chesapeake received a minority of free emigrants with the means of pay their own passage and to obtain land immediately
- 9. American colonies 7: Chesapeake coloniesHealth had improved and only one in nine immigrants died in their first year rather than in fourThe Chesapeake farms did not impress English visitors The common planters’ economic success came at a heavy cost