HIST 2055 Chapter : English Colonization Of North America
Document Summary
Mary queen of scotts: spanish armada, sir francis duke. Broad trends in english colonial development: no big bureaucracy, population transfer, from england to america (making up population of north america) Reasons england begin to colonize: elite they wanted to; they made important decisions; they wanted larger estates for their younger sons, overpopulated seen as a way to get rid of the amount of people. Joint stock company a way to colonize without government and losing a lot of money: competition with spain. Jamestown (1607: 1st perminate colonial settlement in america. John rolfe: figured out how to grow tobacco, a way for them to make money, company reforms, abolish martial law and re-establish civil law. Introduce limited form of democracy: house of burgesses 1619 1st assembly government. Introduce incentive program the head right system: 50 acres of land for every person you bring, woman start to come to the colony to increase population, royal colony.
