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Ch2 notes for APUSH. 1530's- King Henry VIII breaks with the Catholic Church
and converts to Protestantism. 1555 - Queen Elizabeth ...
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1530's- King Henry VIII breaks with the Catholic Church and converts to Protestantism.
1555 - Queen Elizabeth becomes ruler and promotes Protestantism dominance.
1570-80- Irish Catholics plot to overthrow Protestantism, and aim for aid from Spain, but to no avail, the Irish in turn are treated badly by their new English landlords that have been placed in their lands by the English.
1580 - Francis Duke, a seadog sent by Queen Elizabeth to "unofficially" plunder Spanish ships/ports, returns with 4,600% profit and was knighted upon return by the Queen.
1583 - Humphrey Gilbert attempts to colonize Newfoundland but fails repeatedly.
1585 - Walter Raleigh begins with what Gilbert started, but tried in warmer climates, he came upon the Roanoke Islands and named it Virgin Queen' but that too fails.
1588 - Phillip II builds the great Spanish Armada to defeat the ever-growing English power, and sends the fleet to the English Channel. The ships are scattered and weakened after the long voyage and are outclassed when compared to the English seadog's experienced naval tactics. They are defeated, and the English establishes it's naval dominance in the North Atlantic.
1604 - England and Spain sign a peace treaty ending public hostilities.
- The English people begin the planting of a future colonial empire.
- The wealthy English landowners begin to force small farmers out of their homes due to their expanding of their properties for livestock, creating a mass migrating population of near-poverty, unemployment, and hopeless individuals.
**Primogeniture Law- The eldest son acquires parents shares or at least partial of them. The younger siblings must look elsewhere to make a living.
1606 - Colonists land on the Chesapeake where they are attacked by Indians.
-Discover the James River
May 24, 1607- Jamestown founded.
1608 - John Smith is captured by the Indian chief Powhatan...
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