This essay will explain the differences and similarities among the Spanish‚ British‚ and French during the colonization of North America from 1519-1720s. The impacts on North and South America‚ as well as the peoples inhabiting both continents will be explained. The colonial leadership will be interpreted‚ as well as the relationships between other colonies. A major reason for exploration was the “Three G’s”. The first “G” is glory. The British‚ Spanish‚ and‚ French aspired to gain wealth and land
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Between the late 1500s and mid-late 1600s‚ there was a huge boom in the interests of colonization in the Americas. The British‚ French‚ and Spanish had sought after these new found lands for many different reasons. The intentions of the British and Spanish were similar in that most of their colonists were interested in economic benefits such as agricultural colonies that would yield cash crops for business. There were other intentions of claiming strategic lands in the name of their homelands. However
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powers today started out colonizing in America. The entire race to colonize in the new world started with Christopher Columbus’s desire to find a shorter route to India. Since then‚ Spain and Britain seized the opportunity to colonize in the new world for their countries gain or to simply start over. The English and Spanish colonies were able to flourish in the new world even though they differed in motives for colonization and social layout; yet both colonies were similar to each other in the fact
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Unit 1: The Foundation of the Spanish‚ French‚ Dutch and English Colonies in North America * Initial Contact (Spanish) * The French and Dutch Colonies * The English Colonies Part I: Initial Contact (Spanish) #1: Who were the earliest inhabitants of the Americas? * About 14‚000 years ago (12‚000 BCE)‚ people started to migrate across BERINGIA to Americas * By 8‚000 BCE‚ they reached to Tierra del Fuego * 3 waves came from Asia‚ 1 from Polynesia
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they wanted independence‚ political freedom‚ and economic opportunity. The Spanish came as conquerors; the resulting political system was entirely autocratic and solely devoted to the furthering of the motherland. Spain gave its colonies little self-rule. Instead‚ Spanish rulers dictated all the policies of its New World territories. The English and Spanish both wanted to explore and find new territories too politically and economically control. The Spanish colonies developed economically by
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were drawn to North America for economic and political reasons. Closely followed by Columbus’ “discovery” of the New World in 1492 were the establishments of European colonies as well as the French. The responses European settlers had to Native American tribes reflected their own cultural and economic viewpoints. The British tended to oppress Native Americans economically and culturally and denied their potential contributions to helping growing settlements in the New World. The Spanish responded harshly
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The Spanish and English colonies both moved to North America seeking opportunities. The difference is that the Spaniards sought gold‚ while the English colonists sought freedom‚ religiously or otherwise. Therefore‚ the Spanish settlements in the Southwest and the English colonies in New England had very different approaches to both politics and economic development. The Spaniards had ventured to the United States region of America from their previous Latin America area. They expected to find the
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both the North and South colonies the populations grew phenomenally. Colonists of all different backgrounds lived in varied environments under thirteen different colonial governments. “[In the south] slaves made the most striking racial composition of the population. Slavery became the defining characteristic of the southern colonies during the eighteenth century‚ shaping the region’s economy‚ society and politics.” The economic‚ political‚ and cultural differences between the colonies of the North
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Between 1492 and 1763 the colonies were growing and improving their conditions from before when they had lived in Britain. Although the colonist all came for a similar reason of escaping religious persecution and had the same idea when it came to organizing their colony‚ they did however have a difference in class organization and how they were to go about in their trading and farming economy. The south and the north may have been comparable but they were also two totally diverse colonies at the
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Comparing and Contrasting the Colonial Regions Established in British North America British North America by the mid 1700’s consisted of three major regions. The New England region included the colonies of Maine‚ New Hampshire‚ Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ and Rhode Island. The Middle Region included the colonies of New York‚ Pennsylvania‚ New Jersey and Delaware. The Southern Region‚ also known as the Chesapeake Colonies‚ included the Maryland‚ Virginia‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina‚ and Georgia
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