HIUS 390 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Bartholomew Gosnold, Eastward Hoe, Susan Constant
12 Feb 2019
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Sons of nobles wanted a path to nobility), check. Spanish expansion (nationalism: difficult voyage -105 men and boys, 39 crewmen. Set sail from england on 3 ships (discovery, godspeed, Susan constant), december 1606- may 1607, christopher newport was captain, first six weeks were stalled due to the cessation of winds (ended up eating that amount of food), only one person died on the voyage, may. 500 settlers to 60: ratcliffe was captured by natives, skinned alive and burned at the stake, one colonist found guilty of cannibalism and executed. 60 survivors leave and abandoned jamestown: survival, new governor, thomas west, arrival of new settlers, west instilled strict discipline in jamestown, similar to john smith, the laws divine moral and martial. If you were caught swearing the first time, you were whipped second time, a pin/nail was driven through tongue third time, execution. Sundays: called for the establishment of a college, one of the first goals of the.
