a) By the 1600s, most of North America wasn 't claimed by the Europeans i) There were three European powers established in the Americas (1) Spain established Santa Fe in 1610, France established Quebec in 1608, and Britain established Jamestown, Virginia in 1607 b) Britain didn 't make an effort to explore the Americans in 1500s against the Spanish empire i) When King Henry VIII broke from the Roman Catholic Church in 1530s, tensions arose which brought the English Protestant reformation. It was Catholics versus Protestants (1) Queen Elizabeth ascended the throne in 1558 which caused England to become Protestants and a rivalry against the Spaniards who were Catholic ii) Ireland wanted to be …show more content…
In 1607 of December, he was kidnapped and was part of a fake execution by Powhatan c) Powhatan the leader of an Indian tribe wanted peace between his tribe and the colonists d) Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan and a mediator between her tribe and colonists a) There were some tensions between the Indian tribes and the Colonists due to food i) ) Lord de La Warr was the new governor of Jamestown. He eventually took actions that led to a declaration of war against the Indians near Jamestown b) In The Anglo-Powhatan War, the colonists destroyed Indians villages. The war ended in 1614 because of the marriage of Pocahontas and a colonist named John Rolfe c) The Second Anglo-Powhatan War occurred in 1644. The war ended in 1646 with a peace peace treaty which made it so that the Indian tribes and colonists were separated a) Due to the arrival of the Europeans, the lives of the Native Americans changed forever i) Due to the diseases, lots of Native American tribes were
1. General William Tecumseh Sherman said to "Run them down, starve them out". 2. Richard H. Pratt created the Indian "re-education policy. 3.
The Powhatans were jnot fond of the colonists for good reason. For example in DOC. D some of the men use “harsh” methods to get the indians to give them food. The “harsh” methods happened to include the beheading of two indias. In DOC.E you can see just how many conflicts the two groups had.
2) Explain how religious disagreements both in Europe and North America lead to colonization in North America a. New England was the third region to be settled. Religious dissenters actively sought to reform the Church of England these were “Separatists” or Pilgrims. Most of the settlers came over as whole families, and tried to re-create,
When colonists first arrived they received help from the Powhatan by trading goods with them, but their differences between them were bound to cause trouble. More colonists arrived, which demanded more and more land. John Rolfe attempted to improve their relationship by marrying Chief Powhatans daughter in 1614. It worked temporarily, and the Powhatans helped the colonists. The tobacco plantations kept demanding more and more land.
The colonist and Natives people lived peacefully for fifty years until colonist eagerly claimed the lands that the indian have been living for years. The act of claiming things that not even theirs had created tension between the colonists and Native peoples, especially with the Pequots. The colonists blamed the Pequot for attacking their ships. In revenge, the colonists set fire and burn the Pequots’ villages. It was tragic event, as William Bradford described, “ Those that escaped from the fire were slain with the sword; some hewed to pieces, others run threw with their rapiers…
Unlike the French the British were looking to settle in the new world. In 1607, the settlement Jamestown was founded in the new world, in the early phases the settlement had unsuccessful agriculture and disease. The Anglo-Powhatan Indians developed a good relationship with Jamestown for the first 5 years as the natives taught them how to survive off the land, but as colonists continued to die in large numbers the relationship with the Powhatan Indians was lost. A few decades later wars were waged between the colonists and the Natives due to the unfair treatment of Natives. As a result of the wars, many Native Americans were taken as war fugitives and were shipped across the colonies to become slaves (Locke, Wright, 2019).
1. England came to settle in America due to financial reasons, for power, for land, and for religious freedom. Unlike England, Spain came to settle in America for the conversion of Catholicism, control of the native population and cultural assimilation. According to the book Of the People, Spain came to North America for the same reasons they explored in Mexico like gold and spread of religion, “In the southeast, the Spanish never found the great sought-after cities of gold resembling the Aztec capitals” (pg.23). Spain began its exploration in North America with Christopher Columbus.
After that, all the native populations of the New World started to face a dramatic turn for their lives. Their populations began to decline drastically because of several factors such as violence and diseases spread by the colonizers.
The English demanded more of the Indians resources. Raleigh planned to exploit the Indians and use them as laborers. In 1586 the colonists attacked the Indian villages. With little hope of future exploitation of the Indians the colonists returned to England. And in 1587 Raleigh arranged for John White to to return to America in another attempt to establish a colony.
They also had very different views on religion, with the European's coming from a strong Catholic background and Native's having a more spiritual religion referred to as animism. Contact among the Europeans and Native Americans eventually resulted in the Columbian Exchange which caused huge political, cultural, social and economical changes across the globe. 2. There were many underlying motivational factors for England wanting to colonize the New World. The main reason is obvious, people were excited to get an opportunity towards making a decent living or possibly even becoming wealthy.
European exploration and conquest of the New Word were fueled by a desire for wealth, power, and status. They also hoped people would convert to Christianity “First, to hold conformity with the rest of His works, being delighted to show forth the glory of His wisdom in the variety and difference of the creatures and the glory of His power, in ordering all these differences for the preservation and good of the whole” (Winthrop, John). The Spanish also descended on America with hopes of bringing Catholicism to the New World while gaining land, power, and money.
Native Americans flourished in North America, but over time white settlers came and started invading their territory. Native Americans were constantly being thrown and pushed off their land. Sorrowfully this continued as the Americans looked for new opportunities and land in the West. When the whites came to the west, it changed the Native American’s lives forever. The Native Americans had to adapt to the whites, which was difficult for them.
It is estimated that approximately 95% of pre-Columbus Native Americans were killed by European diseases. Since the outbreak of the diseases spread because of the European colonization, it made conquering the Americas much easier. Health was definitely the most detrimental obstacle that the Native Americans had to face as a result of the European
Prior to this a major attack by the successor of Powhatan was done to the colonists while they were friendly with the people; 2 years later the king took Jamestown as royal
Henry VIII and the English reformation was a time of great change in the Roman Catholic Church. Henry VIII was committed to the fact that under the Pope’s law people were not allowed to divorce because they would not go to Heaven. When King Henry VIII’s marriage did not work he asked the Pope for a divorce but the request was denied. When Henry VIII believed his marriage was not working he decided to establish a new Church which would allow him to legally divorce and still be able to go to Heaven. In the coming years, King Henry VIII changed the Catholic Church forever, allowing Catholic’s to divorce without needing permission from the Pope.