How Did Europeans Influence American Colonization

Europeans came to America out of a desire for gold, God, and glory. Many notable explorers such as Christopher Columbus and Hernando Cortez traveled to the New World and encountered native populations. Columbus tried to convert

Have you ever wondered where why the many different countries in Europe came to America to explore and colonize? There were two main concepts that drew the Europeans to America: the excitement and profit of the "New World", and the past histories of their countries. The English, French, and Spanish each came to the Americas in search of a new beginning; a fresh start in which they could escape past torment and capture new wealth. However, each motive defined the character of each settlement.

Europeans attempted to forcefully assimilate the native Americans to Christianity. Spanish missionaries preached the words of God to the Native Peoples who listened out of fear.(Doc.2A) The Europeans viewed them as a barbarous people without the knowledge of God refusing to acknowledge their religions.(Doc.4B)Partly due to the fact the Natives were not Christian the Europeans felt justified in enslaving them.

It was the age of discovery that first provoked intrigue and curiosity of new lands, particularly the Americas, and how the Europeans could expand to fit their society within the borders of this unknown and unexplored land. By the 1580s, more had been learned about the Americas, but any colonization until this point had not even been attempted. And so it was the English, under Queen Elizabeth I's rule, that were issued to establish a colony along the east coast of North America. However, when this great accomplishment was finally made in 1587, it was not long founded until its ultimate fate ended in the disappearance of the colony three years later, instantly creating one of the greatest

The European colonization of the Americas took place during the late sixteenth century and early seventeenth century. England approached the colonization by sending out groups. The groups were headed to the eastern cost of North America, and they all shared the same purpose. Those two hundred thousand men and women went to the Americas to establish colonies that were agriculturally sustainable. “England sent large numbers of men and women to establish agriculturally based colonies on the mainland.”

In the late 16th century, European nations were notorious for colonizing other nations. Their main motivation was seeking wealth in terms of valuable minerals, land to perform agriculture, and an additional market for their products. America, which was newly discovered at the time, did not escape their eyes. Of all the European nations, the British sent numerous groups on an expedition to the east coast of the Americas to establish colonies. The colonies expanded along the shoreline of the east coast of the Americas and grew to consist of four regions. Chesapeake and New England were among the two colonies, and they exhibited some similarities and differences.

The “age of exploration” was caused by the growth of external foreign empires that took control over important trade routes and threatened the European faith. European Christians were under constant attack from the growing power of the Turks. They lost a lot of territories to the muslim faith. The Turks conquered the Byzantine Empire and blocked the European Christians from trading with Asia. This was a big problem for European Christians because their economy relied heavily on taxes from trading.

At the dawn of the nineteenth century, the Europeans and Americans competed for economic dominance of the entire globe. The majority of Western European powers had ultimately claimed and colonized much of the known world, establishing guarded trade routes that traversed the Atlantic Ocean. These trade routes linked the raw resources of the colonized territories in Africa, Asia and South America with the profitable markets in Europe and Eastern North America. American Expansion in Hawaii: 1842-1898 by Sylvester K. Stevens credits Hawaii’s economy and business for the United States interest in such a diverse kingdom. Furthermore, Stevens discusses the missionaries and their role in spreading the American influence. By the 1800’s, American

More than thousand years ago before present time, and still now, First nations encountered several relationships with a mix of different nations, as it fell in their culture to welcome all. “These encounters often included news, ideas, and goods”. The Europeans who immigrated to North America, were one of the nations who the First nations was compatible with. In other words, it was natural for the First Nations to extend their traditions and cultures with the Europeans. The Europeans traded pots, beads, knives, fortune, kettles, and guns, in order to get fur and other goods, as it was their main goal of establishing a colony in New France. The fur that the French were searching for was specifically beaver pelt. Additionally, the Europeans had also discovered the best furs came

The original motivations for the Spaniards going to the New World were to spread Christianity and grow wealthy; however, when they arrived, the actions of the Spaniards against the natives of the Americas did not reflect these original goals and led to unanticipated consequences. One such unexpected consequence was a reliance on slave labor. In order to accomplish the work necessary to make the profits that the Spaniards had expected, they turned to the natives as a work force. This need for laborers led the Spanish to enslave the natives, which led to conflict and cruelty, which went against the initial goal of spreading Christianity; if the prospective converts are being mistreated by those hoping to do the converting, the conversion itself becomes much more difficult due to the negative relationship. The Spaniards strongly believed that it was their sacred duty to “save” the faithless natives of the Americas by introducing them to God, and so they did all they could to see this happen, despite the negative impacts on the relationship between the natives and the Spaniards. This also made it more difficult to easily exploit the resources of the region against the wishes of the natives, because the growing bitterness between the Spanish and the natives made it impossible to successfully work together in an economic setting in the same way as the Dutch and the French. Thus, the actions of the Spaniards upon reaching the New World worked mostly against their original goals of

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the influences of European powers were seen throughout the Americas. The first countries who got the ball rolling on the impaction from Europe were Spain and Portugal. Both these countries created plantation farms in the West Indies and produced many types of products. The bad thing about these plantations was the fact that each was worked on by hundreds of African slaves, who were badly beaten. This led to the first ever successful slave uprising in later years.

The first human settled in America was about 12000 to 30000 years ago. American civilization experienced many changes as people of different subcontinent settled in to America. Before European came to America, American civilization was dominated by Aztecs and Inca civilizations. Later American civilization was restructured in many ways based on thoughts of European civilizations. European civilization has lots of influence on American peoples in terms of religion, livings, and others so there is many similarities and difference between two civilizations.

I believe many of the motivators for the Europeans to move to and colonize North and South America was due to material gain and religious freedom. First I would like to talk about several of the material gains that were either made or expected to be made in the move to explore North and South America's. When the plans were being set out for the new colonies and the different propels that were laid out some of the ideas that were look at heavily were the material gains. One gain was the level of workload in some areas. It was believed that by moving to the United States that farming living conditions and making a living for themselves would be made much easier. An example of this was the Holland plantation. The settlers of

Exploratory expeditions to the New World quickly led to colonial settlements, as the major European countries vied with each other for a portion of the western hemisphere’s riches. »full text

Beginning in the 17th century, European settlers began migrating and colonializing the New World discovered by Christopher Columbus, centuries earlier. The process of colonialization was brutal, it sparked native resistance, and overtime, created tension with Europe. There were several differences between the colonies that were established. However, the motivation to colonialize the New World remained the same for most colonies.