English Colonization

This reading talks about when the English people begin to colonize in North America and what they did once they got here. During the early and mid-sixteenth century, the English tended to conceive of North America as a base for piracy and harassment of the Spanish. But by the end of the century, the English began to think more seriously about North America as a place to colonize: as a market for English goods and a source of raw materials and commodities such as furs. English promoters claimed that New World colonization offered England many advantages. Not only would it serve as a bulwark against Catholic Spain, it would supply England with raw materials and provide a market for finished products. America would also provide a place to send the English poor and ensure that they would contribute to the nation's wealth. During the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, the English poor increased rapidly in number. As a result of the enclosure of traditional common lands which were increasingly used to raise sheep, many common people were forced to become wage laborers or else to support themselves hand to mouth or simply as beggars.

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https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-ushistory1ay/chapter/english-colonization/

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  1. AleenaOctober 27, 2019 at 7:47 PM

    Hey Jaelan, very nice post. I like how you summarized everything we learned and touched on how North America was perceived by the English. I wish the lesson touched more on how these countries saw America. I assume most of them saw America as a money maker and nothing more but they brought so much change to the americas, regardless of their motive.

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  2. Shatavia BOctober 28, 2019 at 2:56 PM

    Thanks for your blog post, the main reason for english colonization in american was for wealth and power.They hoped to find silver and gold in america. An american settlement would furnish raw materials and open new markets for trade!

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  3. JPattersonOctober 28, 2019 at 5:32 PM

    Hey Jaelan,

    I enjoyed your post. I always found it funny to how the English and Spanish were battling over a territory that was not theirs to begin with. Although it was a great place to market and become establish that was probably due to the fact that the Natives had preserved their land so well until the introduction of tobacco and other things.

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