HIST 1100 Lecture Notes - Malnutrition, Money, Money, Money, Indentured Servant
Document Summary
Jamestown and the early chesapeake: england in transition, sixteenth century, relatively minor power, ireland, 1560s-80s. English and scottish protestant settlements established in northern. 400 of 500 settlers died between september 1609 and may 1610: english in the new world. Ireland: objectives in north america, find a nw passage from asia, taking on spain, francis drake, lost colony of roanoke, 1587. Jamestown, 1607: sir walter raleigh, john white, croatoan, virginia company, death at jamestown. Set out to singe the king of spain"s beard . Only 105 reach chesapeake in april 1607. Only 38 still alive in january 1608. Malnutrition led to weakness and disease: john smith. Leads jamestown colony 1608-09: another breakdown, 1609-1610. Brutal winter: sir thomas dale, more hard times. Provided motivation: workers could produce 25-200 english pounds of tobacco a year. Farm workers only earned 3 english pounds a year. What does this say about settler"s motivations: money, money, money, indentured servitude.
