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England's Imperial Stirrings King Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church in the 1530s, launching the English Protestant Reformation, and intensifying.

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2 England's Imperial Stirrings King Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church in the 1530s, launching the English Protestant Reformation, and intensifying the rivalry with Catholic Spain. The Planting of English America The Planting of English America

3 Sir Francis Drake In 1580, Drake circumnavigated the globe, plundering and returning his ship loaded with Spanish booty. He had a profit of about 4,600%. The Planting of English America The Planting of English America

4 Elizabeth Energizes England When the English fleet defeated the Spanish Armada, Spain's empirical dreams and fighting spirit had been weakened - helping to ensure the English's naval dominance over the North Atlantic. The Planting of English America The Planting of English America

5 Because an economic depression hit England in the later part of the 1500s and many people were left without homes, the stage was set for the establishment of an English beachhead in North America. England on the Eve Of Empire England on the Eve Of Empire

6 The London Company, 1606

7 Jamestown Settlement, 1609

8 Chesapeake Bay

9 Jamestown Settlement

10 Jamestown Fort, 1609

11 Jamestown Settlement

12 Jamestown Housing

13 Jamestown Chapel, 1611

14 Captain John Smith

15 Chief Powhatan

16 Powhatan Confederacy

17 Powhatan Indian Village

18 Indian Foods

19 PocahontasPocahontas

20 PocahontasPocahontas

21 John Rolfe

22 Tobacco Plant

23 Early Colonial Tobacco 1618 1618 — Virginia produces 20,000 pounds of tobacco. 1622 1622 — Despite losing nearly one-third of its colonists in an Indian attack, Virginia produces 60,000 pounds of tobacco. 1627 1627 — Virginia produces 500,000 pounds of tobacco. 1629 1629 — Virginia produces 1,500,000 pounds of tobacco.

24 Tobacco Prices: 1618-1710

25 Jamestown Colonization Pattern: 1620-1660

26 Indian Uprisings

27 Cultural Clash in the Chesapeake Lord De La Warr reached Jamestown in 1610 with supplies and military. He started the First Anglo-Powhatan War.

28 Virginia: Child of Tobacco John Rolfe married Pocahontas in 1614, ending the First Anglo-Powhatan War. Indian Uprisings

29 Cultural Clash in the Chesapeake The Indians were again defeated in the Second Anglo-Powhatan War in 1644. 2 nd Anglo- Powhatan War

30 English Migration: 1610-1660 Headright System

31 Indentured Servitude

32 Why was 1619 a pivotal year for the Chesapeake settlement?

33 Virginia House of Burgesses In 1619, self-government was made in Virginia. The London Company authorized the settlers to summon an assembly, known as the House of Burgesses.

34 King James I didn't trust the House of Burgesses and so in 1624, he made Virginia a colony of England, directly under his control. Virginia House of Burgesses

35 1 st African Slaves arrive in Jamestown 1 st African Slaves arrive in Jamestown

36 17 th century Population in the Chesapeake

37 Population of Chesapeake Colonies: 1610-1750

38 Colonization of Maryland

39 George Calvert, 2 nd Lord Baltimore Maryland Catholic Haven Formed in 1634 by Lord Baltimore. The colony was made for a refuge for the Catholics to escape the wrath of the Protestant English government.

40 The Act of Toleration, which was passed in 1649 by the local representative group in Maryland, granted toleration to all Christians. George Calvert, Lord Baltimore

41 The West Indian Islands By the mid-17th Century, England had secured its claim to several West Indian Islands. Sugar was, by far, the major crop on the Indian Islands.

42 To support the massive sugar crops, millions of African slaves were imported. By 1700, the number of black slaves to white settlers in the English West Indies by nearly 4 to 1. The West Indian Islands

43 In order to control the large number of slaves, the Barbados Slave Code of 1661 denied even the most fundamental rights to slaves. The West Indian Islands

44 Colonizing the Carolinas Civil war plagued England in the 1640s. 1660 - Charles II restored to English throne.

45 1663 – King Charles II creates the Carolina Charter. Colonizing the Carolinas

46 In 1707, the Savannah Indians decided to end their alliance with the Carolinians and migrate to the back country of Maryland or the new colony of Pennsylvania. Colonizing the Carolinas

47 Almost all of the Indians were killed in raids before they could depart - in 1710. Colonizing the Carolinas

48 PennsylvaniaPennsylvania In Pennsylvania, a new colony founded by Quakers under William Penn promised better relations.

49 The Carolinas Rice became the primary export of the Carolinas.

50 Nathaniel Bacon’s Rebellion: 1676 Nathaniel Bacon Governor William Berkeley

51 Governor Berkeley’s “Fault Line”


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