Summary: The Planting Of English America
Chapter 2: The Planting of English America, 1500-1733
A. England’s Imperial Stirrings
1. After Columbus’s landfall, the Native American peoples had nearly been extinguished mostly from disease (only about 10% survived)
2. From Florida and New Mexico southward, most of the southern half of the New World lay firmly within the grip of imperial Spain
3. In 1600, North America remained mostly unexplored and unclaimed
a. Three European powers planted three primitive outposts in three distant corners of the continent within three years of one another
b. The Spanish at Santa Fe in 1610, the French at Quebec in 1608, and the English at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607
4. England had taken little interest in establishing …show more content…
Virginia was saved from collapse by the leadership and resourcefulness of a young adventurer, Captain John Smith who took over in 1608
a. He whipped the gold-hungry colonists into line with the rule
b. He had been kidnapped in December 1607 and subjected to a mock execution by the Indian chieftain Powhatan whose daughter, Pocahontas, “saved” him but the symbolism of this ritual was intended to show Smith Powhatan’s power and peaceful intentions
c. Pocahontas became an intermediary between the Indians and the settlers helping to preserve a shaky peace and to provide supplies
7. Of the four hundred settlers who managed to make it to Virginia, by 1609, only sixty survived the “Starving time” winter of 1609-1610
8. Diseased and despairing, the colonists dragged themselves on homeward-bound ships only to be met on the James River by the relief party headed by a new governor, Lord De La Warr; he ordered the settlers back to Jamestown and imposed a harsh military regime
9. By 1625 Virginia contained only some twelve hundred survivors of the nearly 8,000 adventurers who had tried to start life anew in the colony
E. Cultural Clash in the Chesapeake
1. In 1607, the chieftain Powhatan dominated the James River
A. England’s Imperial Stirrings
1. After Columbus’s landfall, the Native American peoples had nearly been extinguished mostly from disease (only about 10% survived)
2. From Florida and New Mexico southward, most of the southern half of the New World lay firmly within the grip of imperial Spain
3. In 1600, North America remained mostly unexplored and unclaimed
a. Three European powers planted three primitive outposts in three distant corners of the continent within three years of one another
b. The Spanish at Santa Fe in 1610, the French at Quebec in 1608, and the English at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607
4. England had taken little interest in establishing …show more content…
Virginia was saved from collapse by the leadership and resourcefulness of a young adventurer, Captain John Smith who took over in 1608
a. He whipped the gold-hungry colonists into line with the rule
b. He had been kidnapped in December 1607 and subjected to a mock execution by the Indian chieftain Powhatan whose daughter, Pocahontas, “saved” him but the symbolism of this ritual was intended to show Smith Powhatan’s power and peaceful intentions
c. Pocahontas became an intermediary between the Indians and the settlers helping to preserve a shaky peace and to provide supplies
7. Of the four hundred settlers who managed to make it to Virginia, by 1609, only sixty survived the “Starving time” winter of 1609-1610
8. Diseased and despairing, the colonists dragged themselves on homeward-bound ships only to be met on the James River by the relief party headed by a new governor, Lord De La Warr; he ordered the settlers back to Jamestown and imposed a harsh military regime
9. By 1625 Virginia contained only some twelve hundred survivors of the nearly 8,000 adventurers who had tried to start life anew in the colony
E. Cultural Clash in the Chesapeake
1. In 1607, the chieftain Powhatan dominated the James River