1. The Planting of English America 1500-1733
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6. The Spanish Armada in 1588

8. The Spanish Armada 1588 An armada is a fleet of ships
Elizabeth I of England had supported the protestant Dutch in their rebellion with Spain
Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England watched the revolt in the Netherlands and feared a Spanish invasion of England
She hired English “Sea Dogs” (like pirates) to attack Spanish ports in America

9. Spanish Armada continued
The Sea Dogs were also ordered to capture Spanish ships in the Atlantic
The most famous Sea Dog was Francis Drake
Drake was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I for his success against the Spanish and became
Sir Francis Drake

10. Defeat of the Spanish Armada 1588
1588 Philip sent a Spanish Armada
*130 ships up the English Channel to invade England
Spain lost to England in a major naval battle
The Spanish Armada was forced into the North Sea
Violent storms destroyed many ships and scattered the rest
The storms were later called the “protestant wind” by the English

11. The British victory in the Spanish Armada of 1588 marked the beginning of the end of Spanish dominance in colonizing the New World and issued in the era of British naval dominance in the North Atlantic. Britain was now united behind a popular queen and perched for exploration and settlement of the New World.

12. Defeat of the Spanish Armada 1588

13. This image of Elizabeth I is said to celebrate her victory in the Spanish Armada 1588

14. Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth I used her charm and intelligence to turn England into a major world power. This portrait, painted around 1588 when Elizabeth was 55 years old, shows the queen at the peak of her power, a fact depicted by the artist in the scenes visible through the windows in the background. Through the left window, we can see Elizabeth's naval fleet; through the right one, we witness the Spanish Armada sinking in the stormy Atlantic.

15. Sources of the Puritan “Great Migration” to New England 1620-1650
Puritan wool districts where many poor farmers and textile workers lived in England. These would be the settlers who would participate in the
“Great Puritan Migration”
The dark green areas indicate
the main sources of migration.

16. Sir Walter Raleigh Launched important colonizing failures
in the New World
1585 Roanoke Island, North Carolina
Mysteriously vanished
swallowed up by the wilderness

18. Jamestown 1607
It was significant that the Charter for the Virginia Company to settle Jamestown guaranteed settlers the same rights of Englishmen in England. These rights were extended to all settlers of British colonies.

19. Jamestown

20. Captain John Smith
“He who shall not work shall not eat.”

21. Lord De La Warr’s Arrival 1610

22. Powhatan

25. Pocahontas
Daughter of Powhatan
“Saved” Captain John Smith
Married John Rolfe
An intermediary between the
Indians and the settlers

28. Tobacco

30. The House of Burgesses
Established by the London Company in 1619

31. Early Maryland and Virginia

32. Maryland 1634 Lord Baltimore founded Maryland 1634
Safe haven for Catholics
Act of Religious Toleration 1649
Maryland legislature passed this law
Considered a forerunner to the concept of
separation of church and state

34. Rice Plantation

35. A Carolina Rice Plantation

37. Early Carolina and Georgia Settlements

39. Iroquois Lands and European Trade Centers c. 1590–1650

40. Thirteen Colonies

41. Thirteen Colonies Founding
Jamestown
First Permanent
English
Settlement