British Early Expansion Flashcards
3 Models of Interpretation of American expansion
- Conquest model
- Holocaust model
- Encounters model
Conquest model of expansion
Superiority of Europeans over natives and africans
Holocaust model
Focuses on victims (tragedy and genocide)
Encounters model
Focuses on complexity of American society through presence of Europeans, natives, and africans
Why is England late to colonize?
The state is poor
How did England begin colonization?
private enterprise
Who sets the preconditions to colonization?
Henry VIII
How did Henry VIII make England a modern state?
- Confiscates land from church –> real estate boom
2. Reformation comes to England when Henry breaks from roman church
What misconception led to the NEED for colonies?
That England was overcrowded
Who are the puritans?
- Interested in reforming the English church
2. Settle Plymouuth and Massachusetts Bay
What role does Elizabeth play in colonization?
Sense of fighting for the “glory of England”
Spanish Armada
Fleet of Spanish ships that attacked England with aims of ending English privateering
Famous English privateer
Francis Drake
First British colonies in America had goal of…
being military bases to intercept Spanish ships
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
Got permission from the queen to explore Americas but gets lost in a hurricane
Raleigh Gilbert
Humphrey’s brother establishes military base in Roanoke
Roanoke is abandoned when…
Francis Drake “rescues” soldiers from military base
Who is John White
Painter who gives first English view of Americas
What is the great Roanoke mystery?
John White brings people to settle Roanoke. He leaves then comes back three years later to an abandoned colony
