HIST 1051 Lecture 2: HIST 1050 Chapter 2
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Spanish, french, and dutch in north america: spain, st. augustine, new mexico, france, failed colonies in south carolina and northern florida, port royal, quebec, and montreal (new france, netherlands (dutch, fort orange, new netherlands, new amsterdam. The english take a different approach to colonize north america. The effects of religion and british concern over overpopulation drive emigration to. Jamestown comes close to suffering roanoke"s fate: attempt to recreate english class hierarchy in american fails, cultural misunderstandings between english and native americans lead to mistakes by both sides. Good news, bad news, and other change for jamestown. Good news: tobacco provides huge profits searched for, king forced to grant local control, reinforcements from england of people and arms allows them to finally defeat powhatan. Confederacy: headright system works well to encourage emigration to america (50 acres for those who pay for their passage and 50 per head they pay for others" passage)
