The Political Motivations For English Imperialism

1. The main contours of English Colonization in the 17th century were Protestant motives to strike Catholicism, along with solving England’s social crisis. With the rumors of the Spanish Empire’s atrocities reaching England, one motive to colonize the America’s was to strike the Catholics, and save the natives from captivity (Foner 51). This shows an interesting aspect of the English Colonization: the English allowed their people to go colonize just to strike the opposing religious country. Along with this, England sending emigrants over solved their social crisis. Because of England’s growing population and economy, the amount of peasants in cities grew. This is because of landlords using land for sheep, which kicked out peasants from their land (Foner 51-52). England hoped that some people of the lower classes would then go to America: to be out of the big cities where important people were, while still helping England in it’s economy.

In conclusion, the origins and development of Britain’s North American colonies was sustained by the need to stay in economic power. Bacon’s Rebellion, a high demand for cash crops, and an easy purchase of slaves through trade overall introduced and developed slavery to the Americas all while increasing economic status for England and their

The American Revolutionary War started in 1977. It began because of an open conflict between the thirteen colonies and Great Britain. The

7. Describe three factors that prompted the large-scale migration from England to America. In the Americas they had more freedom than in England. People wanted to start their own businesses in the Americans and they wanted to to own land. The living conditions was horrible in England also it was overpopulating of people.

In the 1700’s England was suffering financially which then was effecting people socially. During this time people were also getting persecuted for what they believed in. These are some of the reasons of why people in England wanted to immigrate to the New World in the 1700’s. After people immigrated two main areas came about the Chesapeake area followed by New England. Although these areas were close they were very distinct societies. The reasons for these different societies were the religions practiced in them, the reasons for immigrating there, and the groups of people who immigrated there.

Seeing how devastating their worlds were, the English, came in fleets of ships around the late 16th and early 17th century They, decided to colonize here in the east coast of America; however, many problems did arise when trying to settle. Different clashes of culture diversified the English into two separate colonies; New England, and Chesapeake. The reasons behind the unfolding of these two colonies are reasons for colonization, social reasons and environmental reasoning . Thus procreating two very distinct colonies. The Puritans were persecuted in England.

The English Colonies were developed for cultural reasons even before they left England, they were finding a haven for their religion. They were also established for a profit as in the case of Virginia, the main reason it became a permanent colony was because it was a good area for tobacco. The Appalachians prevented the colonists from moving into the Ohio River valley.

By the early 1700’s Europeans began to migrate over to America in order to form their own colonies. The causes for colonization in America was for political, religious, and economic freedom. During this time Europeans found their way over to the Chesapeake and New England regions. America was a developing country at this time, it had no real unified order, nor any actual power and yet why would the Europeans choose to colonize here?

     In the sixteenth century, England was one of the most powerful countries in the world. England was also in dire need of money at this time. In an effort to alleviate the country’s financial burdens, King Henry VIII decided to seize land owned by the Catholic Church. Henry then sold the already inhabited land to investors, and its residents were forced out. These people and their descendants would eventually become some of the fortune-seeking colonists that would settle America during England’s try at Imperialism.

England wanted to control its Colonies the way they should have originally, but due to their early Salutary Neglect the Colonists became accustomed to certain freedoms and rights that they weren’t suppose to have and the colonists believed in them strongly. The British’s debt turned political decisions into economical decisions, such as after the war when the colonists wanted to move westward to the land that they fought for and felt were entitled to, but were denied passage (Document A). This was not to limit the colonies, but to maintain peace between the colonies and the Indians, which was the cheapest

How did the Great War for Empire change the relationship between England and its American colonies?

Imperialism is defined in the dictionary as being a " The policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by establishing economic and political hegemony over other nations" (p 681 American Heritage college Dictionary). Usually people associate imperialism as being the domination of a small country by a larger, more powerful country, usually to the advantage of the larger country. At the beginning of the nineteenth century most of the countries in Europe were involved in imperialism. Each country had it's own motives for wanting to gain an empire and some of the reason were Economic, Political, Religious and Exploitation.

The presence of Europe in Africa in the late nineteenth century was one of extreme power. The countries of France, Britain, and Germany had especially large claims to the African continent during this time. The motives of imperialism for these countries greatly define Europe at this time. Insatiable desires for economic markets, power and political struggles, the motivating belief in Social Darwinism, and the European idea of superiority were the driving forces at the European home front in the late nineteenth century. Many of the causes for imperialism in Africa were evident in Joseph Conrad’s turn of the century novel, Heart of Darkness.

     The ideological reasons for the Age of Imperialism pertained to all of the European countries. However, Britain was the most influential, because they were strongest. They believed that they were the superiority of the world

England was slow to establish New World colonies due to their own problems, such as religion rivalry. Also since they were allies with Spain, in the beginning, they didn't really care for the overseas colonies, since they weren't competing enemies.