Reasons Of Colonizations In The Era Of Exploration And Colonization

Spain, Portugal, and France sought to convert natives to the Roman Catholic Church, while England and the Netherlands believed that Catholicism was corrupt, and attempted to build support for the Protestant movement in the New World.

Before the English ventured to Roanoke Europeans explored and settled the New World. The Spanish were the most successful in settling the New World. They conquered most of Central and South America. Their main objective was to convert all of the Indians to Christianity. “Spain’s claim to posses the Americas was based on discovery, conquest, and settlement, but even more important, it was founded on the sacred enterprise of extending the Catholic faith to (in Spanish eyes) “barbarous” native peoples” (Horn 12).

The British, French, and Spanish all sought to capture the wealth and commerce in North America. The British imperialistic goals in the New World included utilizing the North American as a means to acquire raw materials, such as lumber, to be made into

In the 17th century England and Spain were both in a race to settle the New World. After Christopher Columbus had reached this New World Spain almost immediately sent people over to explore and colonize. After the Treaty of Tordesillas secured their land, Spain’s empire quickly expanded across The Americas. England had a bit of a late start when it came to colonization. Even though their first few attempts such as Jamestown, and Roanoke were not very successful England kept at it. Eventually, England and Spain became the two most powerful nations in the Americas. Even though both nations had the same goal, their political, religious, and economic development were very different.

During the 15th through 17th centuries, advancements in technology and the desire for new resources spurred the exploration of the New World for both Spain and England. Spain's interest in exploration soon surpassed the rest of the countries in the Old World and the nation began to claim the majority of territory in Central and South America. Spain sent conquistadores to assert their dominance in the New World through violent conquest which resulted in difficult relations with native populations. Although the English did not settle in North America until the early 17th century, well past the period of the Spanish conquest, their methods of colonization were more successful in the long term. The English were able to find economic success

The three colonial empires of Portugal, Spain, and England were the most dominate in the fight for land in the Americas. While the motivations for these three colonial empires were similar and all of the Native Americans and/or Africans saw the Spanish Portuguese and English as one brutally similar people, economic differences between the three of them would ensure that their colonies would develop in dramatically unique ways.

The goals the Spanish and the English had while pursuing North America were land and wealth. Spain was in America first. They were able to get a foothold on the New World. The gold and silver they aquired from the Incas and the Aztecs added to their power. It helped finance the growth of the Spanish empire and it's army.

The British, French and Spanish were the main empires that colonised throughout the continent of North America during the 17th century. The European nations wanted to gain further power by acquiring more land overseas. They were also in search for new trade routes that led directly to Asia or Africa because this would give them unlimited access to gold and other goods. Another reason for exploration was to spread Christianity and Catholicism wherever they went which would weaken the Middle Eastern Muslims. This would also be the time of the Columbian Exchange which was the transfer of goods, animals, crops and diseases through the Americas, Europe and Africa.

The principle justification offered by the Europeans for their colonization of Asia & Africa was the moral and technological superiority of the western world. As the Europeans saw it, the spread of the European way of life would substantially increase living standards for the colonized. While economic reasons were obviously the primary impetus for colonial expansion, the Europeans believed that they were not only improving the natives’ conditions, but they were saving their mortal souls by bringing Christianity to them. Over time, the technologically advanced way of life came to be associated with Europe, and with Europeans. This is the cause of the racist and social Darwinist undertones in the documents.

In Europe, population grew quickly and land value, prosperity, and trade increased with it. Also the rise of nationalism made the nation more powerful, unified, and imposed new taxes. Beginning with Christopher Columbus’s discovery of America in 1492, colonists settled in America for different reasons. Some came for profits; others came for religious freedom (and for escaping religious persecution). It was England, France, Spain and the Netherlands who, in the sixteenth century, launched major colonization programs in eastern North America. Each colony more or less differed or resembled in their first interaction with the Natives (such as the more peaceful contact of the French, the more hostile one of the Spaniards, and the peaceful-turned-hostile

Many countries were involved with shaping North America into what it is today, but three significant nations, Spain, England, and France, are the real reason why the Americas are so successful. The Spanish came first with Christopher Columbus leading the way in 1492, then came the British in 1607 generating Jamestown, and bringing up the rear was the French in 1608 colonizing Quebec. The three countries had very different goals and reasons for coming to the Americas and they also ended up in dissimilar areas, so their experiences were all unalike but very similar at the same time. The Spanish originally longed for new, western routes to the Indies, but ended up staying in North America for the economic properties. The English wanted freedom

The European conquest for establishing North American colonies began with various motivations, each dependent on different, and/or merging necessities: economics, the desire to flee negative societal aspects, and the search for religious freedoms. Originally discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 in search for a trade route to Cathay (China), North America remained uninhabited, excluding the Native American establishments. Following this discovery, Spain –along with other European nations such as France, England, Sweden and the Netherlands– soon began the expedition to the new land with vast expectations. Driven by economic, societal, and religious purposes, the New World developed into a diversely structured colonial establishment

While the three powers had similarities when it came to motives and settlements, they differed when it came to interaction with the Indians and role of religion. Spain, England, and France all had similar motives for the exploration and settlement of America. Spain desired to reach India and establish a direct spice trade, for they received all their

Spain quickly became a dominant power in the European endeavor to discover and conquer the New World. Spain jumped into feet first into the Age of Exploration. Although it wasn’t the first to sponsor trips to discover the new world, but certainly sponsored a successful and well known explorers trip to what is now present day Americas. Originally the mission was to travel over the Atlantic Ocean in search of what many believed would be the Asian continent. He however landed in a new place in 1492 which would be present day Bahama Islands. Once ashore in this New World, Columbus and others set up a base on the Bahamas for what would be the future of their further exploration. Of course the race for exploration didn’t start until a disagreement between Spain and Portugal. Spain wanted to claim all of the new found land, but Portugal was not going to agree or participate in their Spanish claim. Both countries reached an agreement and signed the Treaty of Tordesillas. This treaty which was signed in 1494 claimed that further discovery would be split amongst the two powers.

France began its journey to colonization when they were on a mission to discover the Northwest Passage. This was a route connecting the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. In the midst of their quest, the French had begun to pursue the idea to colonize the Americas. France colonized the Americas as a way to become part of the trading industry. In exchange for fur the French would give the Native tools and weapons that were French manufactured. The natives and the French developed a close bond. The relationship was positive and the French was able to exchange their way of life as well as gain a profit from trading fur. Some of the French saw that colonization is really something they wanted to pursue. In the 17th century France was the larger and more powerful country that had acquired places like “Acadia, New France, and Louisiana”