1. Unit 2 1600-1750

2. Overview Conflict and compromise of Europeans and Native Americans New Colonies Slavery

3. THE BRITISH ARE COMING! Sort of… 1497 England’s first contact with the New World John Cabot Why they came:  Sir Thomas More’s Utopia: mythical, perfect society like the Americas  Tudor England was rampant with war and religious turmoil  Enclosure Movement  Population growth  Mercantilism  Religion

4. English Reformation King Henry VIII wanted a divorce from Queen Catherine (Spanish wife) Church of England Queen Mary “Bloody Mary” restored England’s Roman Catholic allegiance Puritans-sought to purify the Church of England from all Roman Catholic practices Pilgrims-Separatists, of Puritan origin but sought complete separation from the Church of England

5. Queen Elizabeth “Good Queen Bess” or “Virgin Queen” Reign known as “The Golden Age” Last Tudor monarch Half sister of Bloody Mary and Edward VI Sir Francis Drake and the Spanish Armada

7. Chesapeake Settlement

8. Jamestown 1607 Founded by Virginia Company of London Expedition led by Capt. John Smith Rocky beginnings Built in a swamp (malaria) Food shortages Conflicts with local Indians Founded with sole intent of making money Gold (not there) Greed of early settlers—”no work no eat policy” Nearly goes under Savior: tobacco

9. Early Tobacco John Rolfe 1618 1618 — Virginia produces 20,000 pounds of tobacco. 1619 - Tobacco is profitable. 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.

10. The Nature of Tobacco Requirements: Fertile soil (abundant) Large acreage plantations (abundant) Large labor supply (scarce) New population demographics Indentured servants “Headright” system Slave labor “Triangular trade” “Middle Passage”

11. Slavery in the New World Three Stages 1.Slave ships left Britain carrying goods to trade 2.African dealers kidnapped neighboring villages then sold them to captains. Middle Passage. 3.In the West Indies the slaves are sold to the highest bidder