The American Pageant 13th Edition Chapter 2 Outline Essay Example
Chapter 2: The Planting of English America
I. England's Imperial Settings >> transformation of the New World > Native American population nearly extinguished due to disease > 10% of India population from 1492 survived > thousands of African slaves were brought over (Caribbean and Brazilian plantations) >> North America > remained largely unexplored Spanish ---> Santa Fe 1610 French---> Quebec 1608 English---> Jamestown VA 1607 >> religious conflict > King Henry VIII broke off from the Roman Catholic church in the 1530s > English Protestant Reformation > Protestant Elizabeth is crowned queen > Protestantism becomes dominant and rivalry with Catholic Spain intensifies >> Ireland > Ireland under English rule since twelfth century > Irish (catholic) seeks help from Spain > 1570-80s English troops defeated Irish uprisings > Protestant landlords from Scotland and England were placed in Ireland > Irish seen as 'barbaric' by the English
II. Elizabeth Energizes England >> English buccaneers > sought to promote goals of Protestantism > plundered and seized Spanish ships, raided Spanish settlements > England and Spain were technically at 'peace' > Francis Drake returned in 1580 with Spanish treasures - netted profits of 4,600 percent to financial backers - Queen Elizabeth helped support in secrecy - was knighted (angered Spanish) >> first colonizations > coast of Newfoundland - failed when Sir Humphrey Gilbert (promoter) died at sea in 1583 > Roanoke colony - Sir Walter Raleigh inspired by brother ^ - group of settlers landed in 1585 in Roanoke Island NC (off the coast of Virginia)
I. England's Imperial Settings >> transformation of the New World > Native American population nearly extinguished due to disease > 10% of India population from 1492 survived > thousands of African slaves were brought over (Caribbean and Brazilian plantations) >> North America > remained largely unexplored Spanish ---> Santa Fe 1610 French---> Quebec 1608 English---> Jamestown VA 1607 >> religious conflict > King Henry VIII broke off from the Roman Catholic church in the 1530s > English Protestant Reformation > Protestant Elizabeth is crowned queen > Protestantism becomes dominant and rivalry with Catholic Spain intensifies >> Ireland > Ireland under English rule since twelfth century > Irish (catholic) seeks help from Spain > 1570-80s English troops defeated Irish uprisings > Protestant landlords from Scotland and England were placed in Ireland > Irish seen as 'barbaric' by the English
II. Elizabeth Energizes England >> English buccaneers > sought to promote goals of Protestantism > plundered and seized Spanish ships, raided Spanish settlements > England and Spain were technically at 'peace' > Francis Drake returned in 1580 with Spanish treasures - netted profits of 4,600 percent to financial backers - Queen Elizabeth helped support in secrecy - was knighted (angered Spanish) >> first colonizations > coast of Newfoundland - failed when Sir Humphrey Gilbert (promoter) died at sea in 1583 > Roanoke colony - Sir Walter Raleigh inspired by brother ^ - group of settlers landed in 1585 in Roanoke Island NC (off the coast of Virginia)