Taylor Ranney … AP U.S. History August 27, 2015 Connecting Facts 1. European vs. Native concepts of land ownership: Europeans believed that land should be privately possessed while Native Americans believed land was invested with sacred qualities and should be held common. The two groups differed in opinion because Europeans thought soil was a resource for human exploitation and benefit. They bought and sold land for crop production and profit. Fences were even used to separate lands of neighbors. From this, a social structure grew around the idea of private property. Land was inherited by further generations, and the more land one had, the wealthier they were regarded. Native Americans only separated land to distinguish themselves from other …show more content…
Spanish purposes for colonization vs. English purposes of colonization: Motivated by Christianity, pride, and wealth, the Spanish men arrived to “serve God and the king, and get rich”. English motivation was less encouraged by Kings or Queens and more by ordinary people. Citizens wanted to get away from England, and the Americas was a perfect new place to go. They planned to permanently settle and not simply raid native cities for riches as the Spanish did. Spanish/Portuguese government involvement in colonization vs. English government involvement in colonization: Many Spanish and Portuguese explorers received money from their leaders to begin colonizing. For example, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain funded Christopher Columbus’ expedition. But England grew more involved with their colonies. England’s King James had a very strong hold on the early colonies, such as Jamestown. He even continued to implement taxes, which eventually angered the people enough to revolt in the Revolutionary War …show more content…
New England Confederation: Established in 1643 by Puritan leaders to combat the problems of dispersion. Intended to coordinate government among various Puritan settlements, the New England Confederation provided effective defense against the French, Dutch, and Native Americans. It was the first American attempt at federalism, acting as a court in colony disputes. Dominion of New England: The combining of colonies in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut into a single province in 1686 by the British government. Jersey and New York would later join the Dominion of New England and become headed by a royal governor, Sir Edmond Andros. The new dominion gathered under one government and was a subject of London bureaucrats. The Dominion of New England would end in 1692, after colonists revolted and drove out Governor Andros King Phillip’s War: Through the 1660’s and 1670’s, Metacomet (King Philip) faced numerous challenges culminating in 1671 when Plymouth leaders forced him to surrender a large stock of guns and accept subjugation to English law. Philip and his tribe organized a resistance movement and attempted a pan-Indian offensive. By March 1676, King Philip had led an attack which devastated the entire upper Connecticut River valley
New England Confederation – 1643, it was created to settle boundary disputes and to have a united defense against the Dutch, French, and Native Americans.
The Dominion of New England: In 1686, the British government combined the colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut into a single province to become a big royal colony lead by a royal governor Andros Charters. Charters self rule were revoked, and the king enforced mercantile laws. The new setup also made for more efficient administration of English Navigation Laws, as well as a better defense system. The significance of the dominion of New England was that it put New England on the map, to become more recognized and brought forth more gain of money towards England. It was official that the North American colonies was that of England and had been used for trade as well as bring England ahead of its competitors.
1. European vs. Native concepts of land ownership: Europeans believed that land was to be privately held and that it represented one’s status and wealth. On the other hand, Native Americans believed that the land had sacred qualities that should be held in common. For example, the Iroquois share almost everything with their community. The Iroquois valued their community over themselves.
National glory, profit, and religious mission motivated England to colonize the New World(Foner 52).England and Spain both share the same motives. England did certain things differently but the bot share the same behavior. Spain primary focus was gold, which is why they forced tens of thousands of Indians to work in gold and silver mines. This supplied Spain's wealth on large scale farms that were controlled by Spanish land lords (Foner 25). Spain forced their religion on the Indians. As for England used native people for guides, trading partners and allies. England wanted land not domination over the population like Spain. England founded Jamestown hoping to gain profit but failed terribly and lost many people along the way from fatal diseases
He controlled the assembly of Maryland forcing legislature he supported, like the Maryland Toleration Act. The Act protected religious freedom in the colony. In Plymouth, the Mayflower Compact was their constitution and held that the “consent of the governed” was needed to pass legislature. Therefore, the colony was ruled by all who resided there through town meetings and the use of direct democracy. The majorities’ ideas and decisions would be passed and made into law. In Massachusetts Bay, a governing board met in the colony led by John Winthrop and other Puritan leaders. This governing body was the first assembly that met in the colonies and wasn’t influenced by Britain. Later on, the King of England would revoke all charters and create royal charters for all the colonies so each was under his direct control. He would assign a royal governor to each colony that would carry out his bidding. The small similarity between the two colonies was that both the Spanish and English colonies ended up being controlled by their respective monarchs, but originally both colonies had very diverse methods of government due to the different goals of each colony. While every Spanish colony had the
The explorer Christopher Columbus, who was supported and sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, started the expansion of the Spanish Empire into the New World or the Americas; this was carried on by their successors Charles V and Philip II. The Spanish Empire continued to expand into new territories between 1492-1892; their accomplishments were the conquest of territories within Central America, the Caribbean islands, Mexico, North America and the Western half of South America. The motivation for the colonial expansion was for various reasons associated with religion, economic and political. The main religious reason is the quest to spread the ‘true faith’ through indigenous conversions to the Catholic faith. There were economic reasons such as discovering sources of natural resources and precious metals. There were political reasons such as competing with their rivals the Portuguese
If there's more to know about The relationship between Europeans and native Americans I think is very interesting how she focused on the union between French man and Quapaw woman , Well there is not much evidence but I think is impossible to not get an idea of the intermarriage. I think she convinced me with the article and her research. I think I it's very possible the maybe the church never agree on that union so they hide Those documents the prove they were involved with any intermarriage.
The Europeans believed the Indians were lazy, non-deserving savages who were on land that was “given” to the Europeans by God. They thought that God had taken them to the new land because they were running out of resources in Europe. The Europeans saw the Natives as a resource along with everything they had on the new land. “I understood sufficiently from other Indians, whom I had already taken that this land was nothing but an island”
Power was the main focus for the Europeans to explore and colonize the new world. The Europeans realized by possessing colonies in the new world, they would grow and have more power to challenge other nations. The Spanish became a competitor because they started to realize how valuable the new land could be to their country by obtaining new riches from the land. By discovering these riches, the country would become more powerful. Spain, England, and France knew they had to have something to set them apart upon colonizing the new land. One way England challenged the other nations was by generating wealth and materials from abroad. Their resources set them apart from the other nations. Economically, mercantilism becomes the driving force behind exploration and colonization. The nations believed the more precious metals and resources a nation owned, the wider a nation 's wealth and power base could be expanded. The natural resources found in the new world were taken over by the European government in attempts to increase power. With all the emphasis being placed on the mercantilist philosophy, the Europeans believed if they did not control the colonies in the new world, their competitors would. Socially, colonization and exploration was a way to increase European spirituality. The Spanish exploration was rooted in the idea of converting indigenous people to their religion. As
European colonization began in 1492 when a Spanish explorer by the name of Christopher Columbus sailed west to find a new trade route but ended up in the new world known as the Americas. The massive territories, countless riches, and experienced native people meant that a claim in the americas could easily bossy a nations wealth, status, and reputation. After this expedition more countries such as the European powerhouses; France, Spain, and Britain began to colonize in the America’s. France, Britain, and Spain overall had similar motives when they started to colonize; to spread religion, to obtain wealth, and to increase geopolitical power. France, Spain, and Britain had the same motives gold, glory, and gold by their main focus were different. Spain main motive was economical. Britains motive was for religious freedom and build and empire. The French motive was for trade routes. In 1492 the colonization began for Spain with the arrival of Christopher Columbus to one of the Caribbean island. The Spanish empire were the first to come to the Americas. The Spanish empire wanted to find china to get an cultural exchange but instead they found and unknown land. When they landed the Native American received them with open arms and bearing gifts. !1
French colonialists came to America in early 1600's, but had different aims than Spaniards. They travelled to the New World to find new home and were focused on trade rather than on increasing wealth. They settled in the North America in the territory of modern-day Canada. The French tried to build good relationships with Indians to cooperate in trade and other spheres, and many French settlers even married Indian women. The Netherlands was also engaged in the exploration of America. There was a scarcity of land in the Netherland and the Dutch came to America in hope to find there a new home and build permanent settlement. They reached America and settled in the modern-day New York area. The Dutch were interested in trade and looking for profit, so they preferred peaceful colonization. The Portuguese also was interested in colonization of new land, but they was focused on South America and established settlements in modern-day Brazil. England was brought to New World with economic aims. British understood that New World could offer great economic advantages to Empire. England was interested in trade, resource mining, and new territory, and exploration of America could satisfy English interests and bring wealth to Britain. Another purpose of English colonization of New World was to support the image of great Empire and prove the supremacy over Spain. The English colonists
Since the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Spain and England began to form colonies in the New World. Spain had focused their settlement primarily in Latin America in order to spread Catholicism while the English colonies, which was along the east coast, focused on the creation of an ideal puritan society. With the development of a new society, a change in religious, political, and social values began to occur. Although the English and Spanish had many common motives, the Spanish lacked in settling into the new world due to their stubborn old world mentality whilst the English were eventually able to break free from the old world mentality with their far advanced societal views on religion, economics, and politics. The English began to establish settlements in the colonies due to religious inequity in England and formed new religious societies, in comparison, the Spanish settlement in the New World was purely a missionary effort.
Spain’s main reason for colonization was to excel and beat out Portugal, they wanted to compete with them. They were also relentless in their quest for land
European vs. Native concepts of land ownership: Europeans believed that land was a resource to be exploited for human use. They took granted of property lines, inheritance of land, and courts to settle resulting land disputes. Property meant independent, wealth, status, political rights, and identity to the Europeans. The Natives believed that land held sacred qualities and should be held in common. Whatever the Earth provided like food and water should be shared among everyone.
One of the driving factors behind colonization for all four powers was wealth. In the 16th century, England experienced an economic crisis (Powerpoint). With widespread poverty and unemployment, people looked to the New World as a way to try and escape their low-class status. The first English settlement to arrive was Jamestown, sponsored by the Virginia company. The purpose of this settlement was to advance England economically. John Smith, one of Jamestown’s leaders, argues the various economic benefits the New World provides in his work, Description of New England. He says, “I should doe here [New England] to gaine wealth sufficient” (Smith, 133). The same was apparent in Spain, where most settlers went to the New World to improve their economic status (Powerpoint). In addition to the Spanish Conquistadors, the Spanish crown was also