Differences And Similarities Between The Spanish And New England In 1492-1763

During the 1700's, people in the American colonies lived in very distinctive societies. While some colonists led hard lives, others were healthy and prosperous. The two groups who showed these differences were the colonists of the New England and Chesapeake Bay areas. The differentiating characteristics among the Chesapeake and New England colonies developed due to economy, religion, and motives for colonial expansion. The colonists of the New England area possessed a very happy and healthy life. This high way of living was due in part to better farming, a healthier environment, and a high rate of production because of more

This was different from the Spanish colonies occurred because the Spanish were not friends with the the Indians and did not treat them like people, but rather as slaves.

In a time when the Native Americans were building complex structures and had control of all of the Americas, the Spanish arrived, and took control from the natives conquering the Americas and leaving behind their influence until 1680. Also in a time when new colonists are arriving from England to America to form settlements, and settlers begin to reconsider their traditions. It is in this context that the Spanish and New England colonists are compared and contrasted. The Spanish and New England colonies from 1492 to 1700 were significantly similar in terms of treatment of indigenous people and considerably different in control of religion and control of European government.

During the 17th century, many nations started settling all throughout North America. Spanish conquistadors claimed much of the Southwest, while England began to occupy the Northeast. The Spanish and English colonies varied in terms of the impact of religion and control of the economy.

Prior to 1763, both Spanish and British colonization efforts expanded into various regions of North America. In less than a century, from 1625 to 1700, the movements of peoples and goods from Europe to North America transformed the continent. Native Americans either resisted or accommodated the newcomers depending on the region of the colony. Though the English colonies were by far the most populous, within the English colonies, four distinct regions emerged. While planters or merchants grew in power in each English colony, Spanish colonists, with far fewer colonists, depended more on friendly relations with Native Americans to secure their

Throughout the 17th century, many European countries sent explorers and settlers to America. The two most eminent countries that colonized area of America were Spain and Great Britain. Britain began to establish colonies in the northeast; in the area they called New England. The Spanish interest lied in the southwest. Living in two unassociated areas caused the Spanish settlements and the New England colonies to be quite unlike each other. When faced with the task of finding similarities between the two, not much can be found. It is the differences that stand out when studying the English and Spanish, from religion to politics to ideals.

During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, New Spain and New France came to the New world for two different reasons. New France came to the new world in search of a new west passage and Spain came in search of gold and religious freedom. They both wanted to spread their religious beliefs through missionaries. The Spanish were the first to establish large settlements. The Spanish had over 200 cities by 1570. The French didn’t start colonizing until 1604. The first French colony was Acadia and Quebec which came years later in 1608. The Spanish had a huge head start on colonization over New France but they both thrived in their own ways by using Natural Resources and slaves.

Marcus Gravey stated that, “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” With that being stated, are the people of the United States, Canada, and Mexico trees without roots? At a young age students learn that Christopher Columbus “sailed the ocean blue in 1492”, a simple song used to assist children remember that America was discovered in 1492. In addition, Thackeray and Findling describe how Columbus’s discovery presented an unimaginable amount of opportunity for Europeans, and therefore, Spanish, French, and later British explores and settlers began to flock to this new world.

Spanish and English had similar motivations for exploration of the New World, such as gaining land, goods from the natives, and gold. However, their motivations also differ greatly. The Spanish conquistadors also gained slaves from the native people, as well as spreading the word of Christianity. The English settlers came to the New World to get away from the religious oppression in England and to practice religion freely, and to grow tobacco to send back to England. The Spanish gained much more land quickly because, upon landing in places like the Caribbean and Brazil, because of their conquering and enslaving of the natives. The English came to the New World much less prepared,

The land of the new world was very rich and big the Spanish founded colonies based in that, a lot of people from Spain get to the new world looking for land and raised a family they found a lot of opportunities because there were land for everyone.

Unfortunately Columbus did anything but return the favor. He took many of them as prisoners in hopes that they would be able to give him information as too where gold may be. The Spaniards and Columbus would make the natives work for months of end and the Arawak husbands and wives would only see each other once every eight months or so. The way these people were treated was abusive, and all of it was inflicted upon them by Columbus and the Spaniards that were along with him. The natives died by the thousands. For example, in 1515 there was about 50,000 natives and in 1550 there was about five hundred. When any of the natives had tried to escape or run away they were hunted down, or if they had not done they’re job well enough and did not earn a copper token, their hands were cut off. Once it was decided there was no gold left, the Spaniards took the natives as slaves and brought them back to Spain to be sold. However on the way back to Spain, two hundred out of the five hundred natives had died. The Spaniards would make the natives carry them around if they were feeling tired or did not want to walk somewhere, they compared the natives to animals. It is clear that Columbus was nothing but an inhumane villain with no consideration for other

The people of the New World gave much to the Europeans that came to their land and were loving and generous to Christopher Columbus and his crew. Beyond the novelties and beauties of the New World, Columbus wanted the Spanish empire to see the opportunities that the land had to offer them in profits and many other ways.

The discovery of the New World sent social, political, and economic shockwaves throughout the entire globe. With the European powers competing for world dominance, the New World became a battle field to control a new regions resources as well as it’s thoughts and ideas. As this unparalleled contested winded down to a close, England and Spain had secured it’s influence in the Americas and greatly influenced it’s foundational ethos.

The discovery of the New World sent social, political, and economic shockwaves throughout the entire globe. With the European powers competing for world dominance, the New World became a battle field to control a new regions resources as well as it’s thoughts and ideas. As this unparalleled contested winded down to a close, England and Spain had secured it’s influence in the Americas and greatly influenced it’s foundational ethos.

America would help England become one of the largest, most powerful army, which would later