European settlers came from a variety of social and religious groups. Englishmen fled to the New World from a society they found displeasing in many ways with economic and political values being at the forefront. As well as religious turmoil. Adventurers, soldiers, farmers, and tradesmen arrived at the New World. By the time that European settlers arrived around 1600-1650, a significant percentage of the Native Americans living in the eastern United States had been ravaged by new diseases introduced to them by explorers and sailors. The English insisted that the Indian tribes submit to English rule and accept the English king as their lord. The Indians believed that negotiating a treaty with the English did not mean that they had given up control of their own political affairs. These differing
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In its early history, Jamestown was fraught with problems, but it eventually began to prosper with its tobacco agriculture providing a strong financial incentive to expand which led the founding of another colony in the region, Maryland. John Rolfe introduced tobacco into the Virginia colony. Tobacco proved to be the colony’s economic salvation. Profits from its sale created a boom in the colony, however, the pursuit of profits from tobacco agriculture diverted time and other resources from basic tasks, such as planting food crops and repairing building and settlers in Virginia continued to die at an alarming rate.
Political order in Virginia proved difficult. In 1618, Sir Edwin Sandys became treasurer and instituted reforms to make the government of the colony more effective. Virginia’s new legislative body, the House of Burgesses (representatives), first convened in July 1619. Rather than take orders from company officials, the colonists gained some control over their own political affairs, a milestone in the evolution of representative government in
In its early history, Jamestown was fraught with problems, but it eventually began to prosper with its tobacco agriculture providing a strong financial incentive to expand which led the founding of another colony in the region, Maryland. John Rolfe introduced tobacco into the Virginia colony. Tobacco proved to be the colony’s economic salvation. Profits from its sale created a boom in the colony, however, the pursuit of profits from tobacco agriculture diverted time and other resources from basic tasks, such as planting food crops and repairing building and settlers in Virginia continued to die at an alarming rate.
Political order in Virginia proved difficult. In 1618, Sir Edwin Sandys became treasurer and instituted reforms to make the government of the colony more effective. Virginia’s new legislative body, the House of Burgesses (representatives), first convened in July 1619. Rather than take orders from company officials, the colonists gained some control over their own political affairs, a milestone in the evolution of representative government in