English Settlements Flashcards
Why does the English navy begin to replace the Spanish navy?
Spain goes broke from wars
What is seen as the rise of England?
The defeat of the Spanish armada when Spain attempts to take over the English Channel in 1588
After the Spanish Armada defeat, Sir Francis Drake leads a counterattack where? Is it successful?
The Caribbean. It is not successful.
What is it called when several investors share the risk and profit of a settlement?
Joint Stock Company
What is the colony that Sir Humphrey Gilbert founded?
Newfoundland
What happened to Newfoundland?
adverse temps kill crops and people don’t survive
What happened to Sir Walter Raleigh and Roanoke?
- Settled further south from Newfoundland
- Perfect for survival, so he leaves back to England
- Comes back a year later to an empty town with “Croatoan” written on a note on a tree
King James I grants a charter to who?
Virginia Company of London
What happened in the first year at Jamestown?
Settlers heard of treasures that Spain obtained in the new world so they focused on digging for treasure rather than farming
What happened when second wave of settlers arrive at Jamestown?
- John Smith arrives
- Rules with iron fist to establish order an priorities
What happens to Jamestown?
Powhatan attacks Jamestown and takes out half of settlers
closest natives come to defeating the new settlers
King James I makes Virginia a Royal Colony, but with does the Virginia Company do to maintain control?
Established The House of Burgesses
What is the importance of the House of Burgesses?
First form of representative governing in the new world
What is an indentured servant?
People that work to pay off debt from coming to the new world
African slaves go mostly to which people?
- Africans
- Arabs
- N. America
Why did Puritans leave England?
They saw the Anglicans just like the Catholics but with a different leader (the king), and wanted to purify the church
What ship did the Puritans board and where did they land?
The Mayflower
Plymouth
