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Causes of British Colonization in the New World (Defeat of the Spanish…
Causes of British Colonization in the New World
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
Opened up the North Atlantic channel
Spanish forces defeated by a hurricane (weakened)
Provided a new sense of British pride/confidence
Enclosure Movement
Led to numerous jobless peasant farmers who became debtors. They later became the indentured servants that traveled to the New World
Because wool was in high demand, wealthy landowners enclosed their large farmlands in order to graze sheep
Overcrowding in England also was a motivating factor for people to start to allocate some of their population in the New World
Religious freedom
The Puritans, led by John Winthrop, migrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in hopes of creating a "city upon the hill"
The Pilgrims (separatists) migrated to the New World in hopes of escaping religious persecution
Lord Baltimore migrated to the New World as a proprietary colony and set up Maryland as a safe haven for Catholics
Joint-stock companies
Spreaded the risks & profits of investments, leading to investors being more willing to sponsor trips to the new world
British colonists in America could retain British citizenship and rights
Headright System
The headright system motivated all of the wealthy landowners to purchase indentured servants to work on their farms (tobacco)
Wool Depression
Drop in price of wool led to more debtors, and they became the labor source for the colony