(9/7) Up in Smoke: Settling the Chesapeake Flashcards
What did the British want to do in America?
The British wanted to extract wealth and to occupy the land itself, so they settled.
What was the history between the British and Spanish?
The British existed as ‘pirates’ to the Spanish. They would stop, rob, and leave behind British merchants/vessels. It was a very mobile hit-and-run operation.
What was the British’s relationship with Ireland? How does this connect to the “new world”?
The British attempted to colonize and seize control over Ireland. This willing to use violence and military power against the indigenous population is potentially replicated elsewhere.
What was the British settlement referred to as?
Plantations - they didn’t seek to incorporate the Irish (again, used terms like barbaric, wild, uncivilized to culturally justify taking their land).
What acts by the British progressed to the “New World”?
The using of force to cease land, the rhetoric of planting communities, and the using of language to dismiss the indigenous peoples.
What was Roanoake?
Roanoake Island was established in 1585 by Sir Walter Raleigh, who sent 100 people off to establish a colony.
What happened in Roanoake?
First settlers didn’t like it and left. Raleigh sent a second wave, and later went back and realized they’d disappeared. This left a “bad taste” for the British. 20 years later, they succeeded.
What was the first successful settlement in Virginia?
Jamestown (April 24, 1607).
What did the settlers in Jamestown do?
They built a stockade for protection from the Spanish.
How did the settlers in Jamestown do? Good or bad?
They settled horribly, not a pleasant place to live because of spongy soil, no access to fresh soil, and they boxed themselves in which caused easily-transferable disease. It was a death trap.
From 1607-1622, how many people survived Jamestown?
Out of the 10,000 people sent, 20% survived.
How was Jamestown successful? (Didn’t listen to natives or John Smith)
Tobacco.
When was tobacco “discovered” by the British?
1616 - John Rolfe began sampling tobacco.
What are two needs for tobacco?
Lots of land and labor.
What did the British turn to for the success of tobacco planting?
Indentured servitude - promise of passage to new world in exchange for 4-7 years of working.
