1607 JAMESTOWNFirst permanent settlementJohn Smith/Pocahontas

What is the story?Whose perspective is correct?

What really happened?

ENGLISH COLONIZATIONHow does it compare to Spanish Colonization?

What is the value of the English Colonies? What purpose do they serve?

PURPOSE OF COLONIES

Strengthen Mother Country.Source of Raw materials.Market Place for finished

products.

Mercantilism: an economic system

developing during the decay of feudalism to unify and increase the power and especially the monetary wealth of a nation by a strict governmental regulation of the entire national economy usually through policies designed to secure an accumulation of bullion, a favorable balance of trade, the development of agriculture and manufactures, and the establishment of foreign trading monopolies

PURPOSE OF COLONIES

Military Base.Release valve for excess population.

Export System of govt., values, religion.

WHY DID INDIVIDUALS COME TO THE NEW WORLD?

To make money.Liberty / Freedom.Adventure/ exploration.Fleeing from Justice.

TREATY OF TORDESILLAS

1494North America claimed by Spain

1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada by England sparks confidence.

VIRGINIA COMPANYStarted with 6 million acres

Indian massacre spawns investigation by the crown.

Charter revoked due to dismal conditions

Royal Colony 1624-1776

VIRGINIA COMPANYLaws approved by KingHouse of Burgesses

Oldest assembly in coloniesAll adult free men could vote for Burgesses

Some level of independent thinking.

VIRGINIA COMPANY

Tobacco dominates the economy.

Labor intensive2-3 times the wages in Virginia than in England.

HEADRIGHT SYSTEMSettlers received 50 acres of land if they paid for their own voyage.Pull factorWhat type of settler/pilgrim?

INDENTURED SERVANTSCannot pay for voyage.4-7 year termHeadright goes to the master/planter.80% of immigrantsRich get richerLand not available for the poor

LAWS (SLAVES, SERVANTS)

Indenture can be double for running away.

Slave status inherited from mother.

Baptism or conversion to Christianity does not emancipate. (compatable

LAWS (SLAVES, SERVANTS)

Killing a slave is legal.Use of force to suppress rebellious slaves.

LIFE IN THE CHESAPEAKE Religious to a certain extent.

Most people are ProtestantReal religion was tobacco and trying to make money.

MERCANTILIST ASSUMPTIONS

What was good for England should determine policy.

YEOMAN FARMERSubsistence farming:

BACON’S REBELLION

3 developments:1) Ample supply depresses tobacco prices. Planter profits decrease.

2) Mortality rate declined most people outlived indenture.3) Planter Elite formed compound their success.

BACON’S REBELLIONLand was in short supply.Indian lands protected and off limits.

New freed men from Indenture had to get land on the frontier

Population growing.

REBELLION CRUSHED Bacon deadReforms and Bacon’s laws repealed.

New Governor in place.Little effort to stop encroachment of Indian landBetter to fight the Indians

MOVE TOWARD SLAVE SYSTEM

Labor needs of Planters met.Slaves more expensive but never became free.

Difference between planters and yeomen diminish.

White = FreeWhite majority maintained