4 The graph above refutes which of the

4. The graph above refutes which of the following statements? a) There were more Black people than White people in the antebellum South. b) Most southern families held slaves. c) Most Southern families lived in rural area. d) The southern population was much smaller than that of the North. e) Slaveholders were an extremely powerful group.

B. Most southern families held slaves • Refutes-to prove to be false or wrong

Frederick Jackson Turner’s “frontier hypothesis” focused on the importance of a) b) c) d) e) The traditions of western European culture The absence of a feudal aristocracy Black people and Black slavery The conflict between capitalists and workers The existence of cheap unsettled land f) Pages to study-285, 590, 607 and 622

Chapter 2 England on the Eve of Empire You should be reading or have read Pages 30 -35

Populations who came from England • Areas of sheep grazing and wool production (“woolen districts”) hit economic depression in the late 1500 s. • Unemployed, these people became beggars and paupers who moved to big cities in England such as Bristol and London.

Puritanism start their quest to the Americas • England became burden with a surplus population. Where could these less than desirable groups go? • Joint stock companies were willing to finance the long journey.

Factors that effected those who migrated to help form the new colonies. • England practiced • Unemployment, the primogeniture decreed thrill of adventure to a which means only the new land, and religious eldest son could inherit freedoms all beckoned the land. Sons that the individuals living in were not first born England. could not inherit land to survive on.

“If it shall please the Almighty to stir up her majesty’s heart to continue with transport one or two thousand of her people, she shall by God’s assistance in short space, increase her domains, enrich her coffers and reduce many pagans to the faith of Christ. ” MOTIVES TO MOVE

England plants the Jamestown Seedling • 1606 -Virginia Company of London received a charter from King James 1 st • This is a significant document in American History is that it guaranteed the rights of settlers overseas the same rights as the Englishmen back home. (Later this will backfire on the mother country. ) • Jamestown is named to honor the king, King James 1 st

In your readings (28 -30) ü Read about John Smith ü Powhatan ü Pocahontas ü The starving times. ü You should on your own time read from the text and understand what and why this is happened.

Payback • By 1625 Virginia had approximately 1200 survivors from the original 8000. They died from disease, the elements, and starvation.

Cultural Clash in the Chesapeake • English landed in the Chesapeake area in 1607. Powhatan was the dominate leader of the Indians living in the James River area. • Lord De La Warr arrived in 1610 to the Jamestown area carrying orders from the Virginia Company to declare “war” on the Indians.