A Briefe And True Report Chapter 1 Summary

While researching information on colonization I have found the inhumane treatment of natives appalling. Queen Elizabeth granted Sir Walter Raleigh money to send colonists to implement her rules and religion upon the natives in Ireland, Newfoundland, and Virginia. Sir Humphrey Gilbert made several trips in these efforts but was lost at sea. Several more voyages were made to the New Lands in efforts to colonize but failed. Jamestown was the first successful colony. In the 1580’s colonists faced difficulties while colonizing Ireland, Newfoundland, and Virginia primarily due to differences in religion and ways of life.
To begin with, leaders in London such as Queen Elizabeth I began wide spread English settlement in Ireland with intentions of disposing
As far as religion is concerned it was believed that they believed in Animism, and worshipped a multitude of gods. Algonquians had gods for the sun, moon, wind, waves, and even weather. Another belief of these natives was that the spiritual world interacted with the physical world in many ways. One of their strongest beliefs were reincarnation and life after death. Harriot learns this information about the Carolina Algonquians by observing, communicating, and interacting with them during their journey to the Americas. Along with Gilbert and Humphrey another man that had a significant impact on this voyage goes by the name Sir William Herbert. Hebert in my opinion was a terrible man. When he came to the New World he decided that any and everyone who did not follow his religious practices should die and have their land taken away from their families. If the natives wanted to keep their land, they must conform exactly how he pleased but still get treated terribly. I know I am just pointed out a few people individually but this is how the entire colonization of the New World took