HIST 127 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Powhatan, Dutch Canadians, Coverture
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Colonial winners and losers: english and dutch (netherlands) interest in americas, saw the spanish and french geing wealthy and wanted in on it, protestants and catholics were ighing i. ii. Protestants did not think that the relaionship with god should have to go through other people. There should be direct relaionships with god: prayer and directly reading the bible b. Take spanish and french gold of ships (piracy: second strategy i. They try to setle just north of spanish colonies: short-lived peace between english and spanish in 1580s i. Leads to north carolina: north carolina (1585-1590, sir walter raleigh sent some people to setle there, carolina algonquians were prety hospitable to the english even though they were wary i. But then in early spring 1586, the chief denied them more food: so then the english killed their leader, tried again in 1587, tried to go to chesapeake bay instead of roanoake i. ii.
