1. IV. Early English Colonies A. Giovanni Caboto (1497) 1. New Foundland 2. Henry VII (£10 the miser) B. Religious Delays 1. Early Reformation a. John Wycliffe (England 1350c.) b. John Huss (Prague 1400c.) c. Martin Luther (Germany 1500c.) d. Henry VIII i. English Reformation ii. Catherine of Aragon & Authur iii. Edward (born of Jane Seymor) iv. Bloody Mary (born of Catherine of Aragon) v. Elisabeth (born of Ann Bolin) a. compromises with Anglican Church all are members

2. C. Political Delays and the Conquest of Ireland (1565) 1. France, Spain and Portugal 2. Pagan beliefs 3. Irish rights? 4. Model for conquest D. Elisabeth 1. Francis Drake (1578) (followed Magellan's route of 1519-22) 2. Sir Humphrey Gilbert 1583 a. Newfoundland b. 2 yrs. 200 people i. rocky and cold c. Gilbert is lost at sea during a storm 3. Walter Raleigh a. Roanoke (1585) i. Indian troubles ii. colonist kill Chief Wingina (beheaded like Irish) iii. Drake rescued before retaliation

3. b. Roanoke II (1587) i. John White ii. Chesapeake and Capt. Simon Ferdinando iii. Elinor and Ananias parent Virginia Dare iv. White returns to England with Ferdinando v. Armada (1589) vi. "Croaton" ? E. Jamestown 1. Virginia Company Charter (1607) a. Gentry 2. The Starving Time 3. Tobacco a. Indentured Servants b. High Mortality c. 1619 i. head right system

4. ii. passage for women iii. house of Burgesses a. 2 representatives b. 10 settlements iv. 1st slave ship (Dutch) 4. Competition with Native Americans a. Allies die i. Pocohontas dies (1617) ii. Chief Powhatan dies (1618) b. Opechancanough new chief of Chesapeake (1622) c. Virginia Co. goes bankrupt defending colony (1624) The Generall Historie of Virginia,page 49 F. Maryland 1. George Calvert gains Newfoundland (1628) 2. Charles I gives 10 million acres north of VA in trade (1632) 3. Charles I's catholic wife Queen Henrietta Maria 4. Home for Catholics (but they won't come)

5. 5. Cecilius takes over as Lord Baltimore a. Feudalism planed b. Lords initiate all laws c. representative government (1635) d. Act of Religious Tolerance (1649) i. liberal for time ii. belief in trinity only requirement