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Beginnings of English America 1607-1660

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Thomas Moore
Wrote Utopia // describes a place where settlers could go to escape eco inequalities of Europe
2/3 of Eng. settlers came to N. America as indentured servants
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land =basis of freedom/liberty incl. voting rts.
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land=also source of wealth and power 4 colonial officials
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English most interested in displacing Ind. and settling on their land although most colonial authorities recognized Ind. title to land based on occupancy
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17th c.: Marked by frequent warfare btwn. colonists and Ind.
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Eng. used Ind. as guides, trading partners, and allies in wars vs. French, Spanish
Exchanges w/Euro. stimulated warfare btwn. Ind. tribes
Eng. sought to reshape Ind. society and culture, their practices undermined traditional Ind. society
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1618: New policies were adopted so that colony would survive
- Headright System: a legal grant of land to settlers
- Carter of grants and liberties created elected assembly (House of Burgesses)—1st met in 1619
- 1619: 1st Blacks from Africa arrived - 1st evidence of slavery in US
colony
Powhatan: Leader of 30 tribes near Jamestown; eagerly traded w/Eng.
After Pocahontas was captured by Eng., she married John Rolfe, symbolizing Anglo-Indian harmony
Conflict was inevitable once Eng. decided on a permanent colony instead of trading post --> forced Ind. to recognize their subordination to Jamestown gov't
and moved them onto reservations
1624: Virginia Co. surrendered its charter to crown, i.e., became royal colonies
1632: Maryland est. as a proprietary colony under Cecilius Calvert ->He envisioned Maryland as a feudal domain:
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Puritanism emerged from Protestant Reformation in England: believed that Church of England retained too many elements of Catholicism
Puritans considered religious belief a complex issue, urging believers to seek truth by reading Bible and listening to sermons; believed
God predetermined who was saved and damned
Bible Commonwealth: Puritans were governed by a "moral liberty...to that only which is good"w/severe restraints on speech, religion, and personal behavior
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Mayflower Compact —1st written frame of gov't in modern-day U.S.
- Pilgrims settled 1st in abandoned Ind. village as
many tribes had been decimated by Euro.
diseases intro. by traders
- 1621: 1st Thanksgiving
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