Ch. 3 Sect. 1 Colonial America pp. 58-61 Early English Settlements

Defeat of the Spanish Armada Spain, in order to return a Catholic ruler to the English throne and to stop attacks on Spanish ships by Sir Francis Drake attacked England The invincible Spanish navy was defeated in 1588—lost control of the seas Result--England could put colonies in New World

Jamestown Settlement begins to prosper 1616--Tobacco is discovered as a cash crop Relations with Native Am improves with marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe 1619--House of Burgesses—1st representative gov’t in colonies Women sent to the colony for the 1st time Dutch ship trades 19 Africans

Pocahontas “the most deare and beloved daughter of powhattan”

Copy this quote and underneath write what you think the meaning is “The plantation can never flourish till families be planted, and the respect of wives and children fix the people on the soil.”

Colonial Williamsburg tobacco

Tending tobacco Tobacco was called a "13 month" crop. Seedbeds were planted beginning in January and seedlings were transplanted in early spring. The plants required worming, weeding, topping, and suckering until harvest time in September. Tobacco used up the nutrients in the soil in a few years and required large amounts of labor to cultivate.