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

2. 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

3. 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

4. Pocahontas
“the most deare and beloved daughter of powhattan”

5. 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.”

6. Colonial Williamsburg tobacco

7. 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.