Planting english america
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Chapter 02 - The Planting of English America I. England?s Imperial Stirrings 1. North America in 1600 was largely unclaimed, though the Spanish had much control in Central and South America. 2. Spain had only set up Santa Fe, while France had founded Quebec and Britain had founded Jamestown. 3. In the 1500s, Britain failed to effectively colonize due to internal conflicts. o King Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church in the 1530s and launched the English Protestant Reformation. o After Elizabeth I became queen, Britain became basically Protestant, and a rivalry with Catholic Spain intensified. o In Ireland, the Catholics sought Spain?s help in revolting against England, but the English crushed the uprising with brutal atrocity, and
