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England's Rise

England's Rise. What factors helped to create an English empire in North America?. Economic Power.

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England's Rise

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  1. England's Rise What factors helped to create an English empire in North America?

  2. Economic Power In 1606, King James I granted the Virginia Company all of the lands stretching from present-day North Carolina to southern New York with the primary goal of trading with the native population.

  3. Economic Power Over the next 100 years the ports of New York, Philadelphia, and Boston grew rapidly because of their accessible harbors. The original capital of New York, Kingston, became an important trading post due to its proximity proximity to the Hudson and Delaware Rivers.

  4. Economic Power John Rolfe began cultivating tobacco ascountless Europeans became addicted to its nicotine. This crop would prove a powerful economic motivator for the English.

  5. Tobacco

  6. Religious Plurality In 1632, a second tobacco-growing colony developed in neighboring Maryland by King Charles I. Under the Lord Baltimore, Cecilius Calvert, Maryland became a refuge for persecuted Catholics from England ("Calvert"). Many non-Catholics were also imported as artisans and the Toleration Act of 1649.

  7. Social Repercussions As numbers of Indians had dwindled over the years and Europeans had increased their presence along with that of Africans, land was becoming scarcer. In 1675, a vigilante group of frontiersmen murdered a group of Indians who came to negotiate that resulted in a retaliation killing hundreds of white settlers.

  8. Bacon's Rebellion Nathaniel Bacon, a young migrant from England emerged as a leader of a band of rebels who refused to submit to colonial authority and attacked the Indians without the support of the colonial militia. The governor had Bacon arrested but later released when his “army” turned on the colony.

  9. Bacon's Rebellion This conflict resulted in the House of Burgesses enacting political reforms. Bacon issued a “Manifesto and Declaration of the People” demanding removal of the Indians from the colony and an end to rule by a wealthy elite after which his army burned Jamestown to the ground and plundered local plantations.

  10. Bacon's Rebellion When Bacon died of dysentery in 1676, the governor took revenge dispersing the army by confiscating the property of the rebels and hanging 23 of the men. This proved a pivotal event and lead to political and social reforms to curb dissent and resulted in the removal of Indians from the region.

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