Give Me Liberty Chapter 2 Study Notes
Chapter Study Outline I. England and the New World A. Reasons for England's late entry 1. Protracted religious strife catholics persecuted by edward, mary becomes queen-executes protestants, mary’s rule makes reconciliation with rome impossible 2. Continuing struggle to subdue Ireland absorbed money and energy directed towards new world B. England and North America 3. Early ventures a. Humphrey Gilbert's failed Newfoundland colony b. Walter Raleigh's failed Roanoke colony colonists abandoned to England, colony abandoned to live among indians 4. Impetus for North American colonization c. National rivalry i. Opposition to (Spanish) Catholicismthreat to england’s protestant stability ii. Spain's attempted invasion of England iii. Desire to match Spanish and French presence in the New World d. Spreading Protestantism iv. Image of Spanish brutality in the New World atrocities of Spanish rule widely circulated, murderous and tyrannical v. England's self-conception as beacon of freedom English to save new world from influence of Catholicism and tyranny e. Motives for colonization vi. Prospects for trade-based empire in North America trade would be the basis of English empire vii. Solution to English social crisis viii. Chance for laboring classes to attain economic independence C. English social crisis of late sixteenth century 5. Roots of f. Population explosion pop from 3 million to 4 million g. Rural displacement enclosure movement, thousands uprooted from land 6. Elements of h. Urban overcrowding i. Falling wages j. Spread of poverty k. Social instability 7. Government answers to l. Punishment