The Spanish to Jamestown

Who did spanish power have resentment against?

their rivals

When was their resentment worsened?

after the protestant reformation

Who developed the "Black Legend"?

northern protestants

What did the "Black Legend" state about spanish colonization?

it was uniquely cruel

Who did the Black Legend motivate?

english and dutch colonizers

Who arrived in New France and New Netherland?

dutch traders

Who did the dutch traders have a trade alliance with?

mohawks (part of the haudenosaunee)

Why did they trade with the Mohawks?

cheaper and better goods, more guns

Who was the contested borderland between?

french/huron and dutch/haudenosaunee

What was happening between them?

an escalating war

What transformed native conflicts?

trade, disease, guns and access, to global markets

Where did the Virginia Company build Jamestown?

on an uninhabited swampy peninsula

What did the english do to the natives?

they stretched the native resources and refused to trade guns

What did the natives do because of this?

they harassed the english

What did the english do to the natives because of the harrassment?

captured the chief's daughter (Pocahontas)

What did they do to POcahanatas?

converted her to christianity and married her to john rolfe

When did peace end between the English and Jamestown?

when Pocahontas's brother Opechancanough took power

Where did Pocahontas die?

in england

Did Jamestown and the natives have violence between them from the beginning?

No, the natives treated them as neighbors at first

When did the low level violence begin?

after the first year of Jamestown being started