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Chapter Two: The Planting of English America (1500-1733)

Chapter Two: The Planting of English America (1500-1733). PowerPoint Slides for The American Pageant, 12 th edition Constructed by Mr. Freccia. What came before…. Other players in North America Spain in FL, NM, TX, AZ, and CA (1610) France around the Great Lakes (1608).

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Chapter Two: The Planting of English America (1500-1733)

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  1. Chapter Two: The Planting of English America (1500-1733) PowerPoint Slides for The American Pageant, 12th edition Constructed by Mr. Freccia

  2. What came before… • Other players in North America • Spain in FL, NM, TX, AZ, and CA (1610) • France around the Great Lakes (1608) • Birth of a “superpower”…Britain • Henry VIII breaks w/ Catholic Church (1531) • Protestant England put into conflict with Catholic Spain • Elizabeth I (The Virgin Queen) • Wants Spanish Gold / Colonies • Wants to protect England

  3. Queen Elizabeth I

  4. Sir Francis Drake Pirate Or Privateer? 4,600% Return on Investment!

  5. Sir Walter Raleigh • Establishes 1st English colony in North America at Roanoke Island • Fails in 1585, tries again in 1587 (Virginia Dare) • Colony disappears by 1591 (CROATOAN) • Notable for bringing tobacco back to England

  6. Spanish Armada (1588)

  7. New Opportunities • A recession in the 1590’s = desperate people • Get rich quick w/ the Virginia Company (1606) • Settles at Jamestown on the James River (5/24/1607)

  8. Jamestown Settlement Susan Constant Godspeed Discovery

  9. Jamestown Settlement

  10. Captain John SmithThe right man for the job? There was no talk…but dig gold, wash gold, refine gold, load gold…

  11. The Starving Time • POPULATION: • 1607: 104 colonists • By spring, 1608: 38 survived • 1609: 300 more immigrants • By spring, 1610: 60 survived • 1610 – 1624: 10,000 immigrants • 1624 population: 1,200 • Adult life expectancy: 40 years • Death of children before age 5: 80%

  12. Who saves the day???? Lord De La Warr • Resupplies colony in 1610 • Brings military into colony • Starts war with Powhatan Tribe • Leads to the crown taking over the colony in 1624 (House of Burgesses, 1619)

  13. Powhatan Tribe 1610-1614 1644 Gone by 1685

  14. John Rolfe Tobacco! Virginia’s gold and silver. John Rolfe, 1612 What finally made the colony prosperous??

  15. 1618 — Virginia produces 20,000 pounds of tobacco. 1622 — Despite losing nearly one-third of its colonists in an Indian attack, Virginia produces 60,000 pounds of tobacco. 1627 — Virginia produces 500,000 pounds of tobacco. 1629 — Virginia produces 1,500,000 pounds of tobacco.

  16. Jamestown Colonization Pattern: 1620-1660 • Large plantations [>100 acres]. • Widely spread apart [>5 miles]. Social/EconomicPROBLEMS???

  17. Indentured Servitude • Headright System: • Each Virginian got 50 acres for each person whose passage they paid • Indenture Contract: • 5-7 years. • Promised “freedom dues” [land, $] • Forbidden to marry. • 1610-1614: only 1 in 10 outlived their indentured contracts!

  18. Population of Virginia

  19. Maryland! • Founded in 1634 by Lord Baltimore • Catholic Refuge (Toleration Act, 1649)

  20. The Carolinas and Georgia • 1660s – 1730s • The Carolinas & Georgia. • Planters & yeomen farmers from VA or the Sugar Islands. • Note the “king” names… • Debtors & other petty criminals. • Indigo and Rice top crops

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