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The Planting of English America 1500-1733

The Planting of English America 1500-1733. Chapter 2 P. 25-42. The Spanish Armada in 1588. The Spanish Armada 1588. An armada is a fleet of ships Elizabeth I of England had supported the protestant Dutch in their rebellion with Spain

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The Planting of English America 1500-1733

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  1. The Planting of English America 1500-1733 Chapter 2 P. 25-42

  2. The Spanish Armada in 1588

  3. The Spanish Armada 1588 An armada is a fleet of ships Elizabeth I of England had supported the protestant Dutch in their rebellion with Spain Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England watched the revolt in the Netherlands and feared a Spanish invasion of England She hired English “Sea Dogs” (like pirates) to attack Spanish ports in America

  4. Spanish Armada continued The Sea Dogs were also ordered to capture Spanish ships in the Atlantic The most famous Sea Dog was Francis Drake Drake was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I for his success against the Spanish and became Sir Francis Drake

  5. Defeat of the Spanish Armada 1588 • 1588 Philip sent a Spanish Armada *130 ships up the English Channel to invade England • Spain lost to England in a major naval battle • The Spanish Armada was forced into the North Sea • Violent storms destroyed many ships and scattered the rest • The storms were later called the “protestant wind”by the English

  6. The British victory in the Spanish Armada of 1588 marked the beginning of the end of Spanish dominance in colonizing the New World and issued in the era of British naval dominance in the North Atlantic. Britain was now united behind a popular queen and perched for exploration and settlement of the New World.

  7. Defeat of the Spanish Armada 1588

  8. This image of Elizabeth I is said to celebrate her victory in theSpanish Armada 1588

  9. Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I Queen Elizabeth I used her charm and intelligence to turn England into a major world power. This portrait, painted around 1588 when Elizabeth was 55 years old, shows the queen at the peak of her power, a fact depicted by the artist in the scenes visible through the windows in the background. Through the left window, we can see Elizabeth's naval fleet; through the right one, we witness the Spanish Armada sinking in the stormy Atlantic.

  10. Sources of the Puritan “Great Migration” to New England1620-1650 Puritan wool districts where many poor farmers and textile workers lived in England. These would be the settlers who would participate in the “Great Puritan Migration” 1620-1650 The dark green areas indicate the main sources of migration.

  11. Sir Walter Raleigh • Launched important colonizing failures • in the New World • 1585 Roanoke Island, North Carolina • Mysteriously vanished • swallowed up by the wilderness

  12. Jamestown 1607 It was significant that the Charter for the Virginia Company to settle Jamestown guaranteed settlers the same rights of Englishmen in England. These rights were extended to all settlers of British colonies.

  13. Jamestown

  14. Captain John Smith “He who shall not work shall not eat.”

  15. Lord De La Warr’s Arrival 1610

  16. Powhatan

  17. Pocahontas • Daughter of Powhatan • “Saved” Captain John Smith • Married John Rolfe • An intermediary between the • Indians and the settlers

  18. Tobacco

  19. The House of Burgesses • Established by the London Company in 1619

  20. Early Maryland and Virginia

  21. Maryland 1634 • Lord Baltimore founded Maryland 1634 • Safe haven for Catholics • Act of Religious Toleration 1649 • Maryland legislature passed this law • Considered a forerunner to the concept of • separation of church and state

  22. Rice Plantation

  23. A Carolina Rice Plantation

  24. Early Carolina and Georgia Settlements

  25. Iroquois Lands and European Trade Centersc. 1590–1650

  26. Thirteen Colonies

  27. Thirteen ColoniesFounding Jamestown First Permanent English Settlement

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