HIST 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Enclosure, Crop Rotation, Proprietary Colony
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April 26, 1607: three ships carrying colonists from england sailed into the mouth of the. Establishment of jamestown (named for the king of england) as the capital of the colony of virginia (named for elizabeth i, the virgin queen ). Trip sponsored by the virginia company, a private business organization whose shareholders included merchants, aristocrats, and members of the parliament, and to which the queen had given her blessing before her death in 1603. A place where entrepreneurs sought to make fortunes, religious minorities hoped to worship without interference, and aristocrats dreamed of re-creating a vanished world of feudalism. The settlers" success depended on depriving native americans of their land and, in some colonies, importing large numbers of african slaves as laborers. During the sixteenth century, england was a second-rate power racked by internal disunity and religious strife. Henry viii launched the reformation in england. Severed the nation from the catholic church when the pope wouldn"t annul his marriage.
