Chapter 2 Section 2 English Colonies in America

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Chapter 2 Section 2 English Colonies in America

• Guided Reading Activity

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• 1. The Jamestown colony
• 2. John Cabot
• 3. King Henry VII of England wanted him to find
  isles, countries, regions, or provinces that were
  unknown to all Christians. Cabot wanted to find a
  western route to Asia.
• 4. Notched trees, snares for game, and needles
  for making nets

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John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) He became a merchant
like his father and moved to Spain in 1490 to
find new trade routes to Asia and all of its
riches.
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Henry VII of England (1457-1509)
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• 5. 80 years
• 6. Spain and England
• 7. 1n 1517 Martin Luther published an attack on
  the Church, accusing it of corruption. His attack
  marked the beginning of the Protestant
  Reformation.
• 8. Said that neither kings nor bishops should
  control the church. Argued that congregations
  should choose their own elders and ministers to
  run the Church for them

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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a monk, priest,
professor, theologian, and church reformer. Wrote
hymn A Mighty Fortress is our God. His
translation of the Bible greatly influenced the
translation of the English King James Version of
the Bible. Today 70 million Christians belong to
Lutheran churches and 400 million Protestant
Christians trace their history back to Luthers
reforming work.
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John Calvin was an important French theologian
during Protestant Reformation. He originated
Calvinism that spread all over the world.
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• 9. Many English settlers in America shared
  Calvins ideas
• 10. In 1527 over a disagreement b/w the king and
  the pope. Fight began when King Henry VIII asked
  the pope to annul his marriage to Catherine of
  Aragon. Pope hesitated b/c Catherine was king of
  Spains aunt, and he didnt want to make the king
  mad. Henry became furious and broke w/the
  Catholic Church and said he was head of Englands
  church and arranged the divorce himself.

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• 11. Anglican Church (kept organizations and most
  rituals of Catholic Church)
• 12. Someone who wanted to purify the Anglican
  (Catholic) Church during the 1500s and 1600s.
• 13. King James was Protestant, but he refused to
  tolerate any changes in the structure of the
  Anglican Church. The Puritan idea of electing
  ministers was a direct challenge to royal
  authority this refusal caused many Puritans that
  became willing to leave England.
• 14. Trade and agriculture

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• 15. When landowners converted their estates into
  sheep farms by enclosing their land and evicting
  the tenants this caused thousands of poor,
  unemployed beggars who wandered from town to town
  looking for work
• 16. Joint-stock companies raise large amounts of
  money for big projects
• 17. King James refused to reform the Anglican
  Church to allow for Puritan ideas such as
  electing ministers
• 18. The need to find new markets for their wool

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• 19. Spain
• 20. When the Spanish tried to suppress
  Protestantism in the Netherlands, the Dutch
  rebelled. Queen Elizabeth allowed English
  privateers to attack Spanish ships.
• 21. Gilbert was a well-known English soldier that
  received a charter from Queen Elizabeth to create
  a colony in America. Made 2 attempts, both
  failed, and he died at sea
• 22. Walter Raleigh Roanoke Virginia in honor of
  Elizabeth who was known as the Virgin Queen

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• 23. 1585 Raleigh sent 100 men to settle and after
  hard winter came back. Sent 117 to settle in
  1587 when he returned in 1590 the colony was
  gone
• 24. Virginia Company
• 25. Jamestown
• 26. Location-swampy and swarming with
  malaria-carrying mosquitoes most colonists knew
  very little about living in the woods couldnt
  raise livestock or grow crops lawless (govt
  didnt have any control)

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• 27. Starving time Ate dogs, rats, snakes,
  toadstools, horsehides, cannibalism
• 28. 60 were still alive they abandoned Jamestown
  and headed downriver and established new towns
  along the James River
• 29. Tobacco
• 30. Colonies began to elect its own assembly to
  propose laws Assembly known as House of
  Burgesses (included a governor, 6 councilors, 20
  representatives-1 from each town)

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• 31. Headrights 50 acres of land. Were given 50
  more acres for each family member over 15 years
  and for each servant they brought to VA
• 32. Had been member of the English Parliament
  until he converted to Catholicism. Decided to
  found a colony where Catholics could practice
  their religion. Founded Baltimore in 1632.
• 33. Maryland proprietary colony. The proprietor
  (owner) could govern the colony any way he
  wished. Could collect , appoint govt officials,
  impose taxes, create towns