Spanish And British Colonization Of The New World

The Spanish and New England colonies from 1492 to 1700 were significantly similar in terms of treatment of indigenous people. Admittedly, there was a difference in the treatment of indigenous people. The Spanish conquistadors used forced labor through the encomienda system, while the New England colonists did not have forced labor systems. This difference between the treatment happend because the Spanish ran large plantations and needed manual labor, while the New England colonists survived on subsistence farming and had no need for extra labor from the Indians. On the other hand there was a similarity in the forced conversions of the Indians to a Christian faith. This similarity occurred because The Roman Catholic Church saw the Indians as people who were in need of saving and insisted that the Indians

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

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).

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.

The British relied on the Algonquians to exchange goods for food, and to teach them how to survive on the strange land. The Spaniards took advantage of the Pueblos, forcing them to work on farms and to follow their religion. In the end, both relationships with the Native Americans fell apart. Pueblo Indians became tired of being treated so poorly, and launched attacks on the Spaniards. In contrast, British colonists initiated the aggression towards the Algonquians after the Algonquians withdrew all contact. As you can see, the British had a positive and equal relationship with the natives for the most part. While the Spaniards always had a negative and controlling relationship with the natives. Both the Spanish and the British could not have survived without the Native

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

1). The Nations of Europe sought to expand their empire because they were on the verge of overpopulation.Between 1550 and 1600 the population grew from three million to four million people. Also, England and Spain were at a war for power. The Spanish attempts at colonizing the New World had been extremely successful, for they had gained both wealth and power. The English did not see such success, as their ships would crash, be lost to the seas, or their colonization efforts would cease to be useful. Through the Spaniards control over the Americas they had gained a massive naval army, noted as the Spanish Armada. The Spanish attempt to invade England in 1588 failed which lead to the beginning of the fall of the Spanish empire in the New World.

There were many reasons the New World was the most wanted to explore. The Spanish, French, and English came about the New World the same way but for different reasons. The Spanish came in search for God, Gold, and Glory. The French, for money and religious conversions of Native Americans; and the English, to find religious freedom. Each of these empires expected to come and establish a powerful empire in the New World but came across difficulties along the way, their values dictating how they run their colonies.

The French and Spanish brought their own ways of how they handle the native situation in the new world. The French thought it would be a good idea to team up with the natives, since there were already so many inhabiting the area. The Spanish on the other hand thought that deceiving the natives by making them work in the encomienda systems was the best way to gain profit for their mother country. The English were in the middle of both circumstances. The colonies tried to conquer as much as land as possible by wiping out the environments and killing off natives in those areas, yet they did respect their boundaries. People in the colonies focused on different ways to trade, by watching how their rivals did it. Colonists immediate contact with Indians and others, quickly allowed them gain knowledge of their surroundings, thereby giving them a sense of individuality under a different union rather than

1. What fundamental factors drew the Europeans to the exploration, conquest, and colonization of the New World? What was the impact on the Indians, Europeans, and Africans when each of their previously separate worlds “collided” with one another? What caused the shift from indentured servant to African slaves as the dominant labor force in the southern colonies?

The impact of the Spanish in the Americas, as compared with the Portuguese in Africa and the East was the Spanish wanted more territory and took it by conquest, unlike the Portuguese who wanted more trade and trading partners. The Spanish conquer such an enormous territory with so few men because of many factor such as disease that the Amerindians did not have immunity to, as well as the superior armor and weapons of the Spanish, alliances with other Amerindians.

Although the English colonies started later than the Spanish colonies, they quickly outpaced them when it came to colonizing North America. The English has better food, clothes and shelter than the Spanish. Also the Spanish colonies were huge. The English settled in there 13 colonies that were tightly chained together which helped them with communication and transportation. The English colonies were seeking independence, freedom of religion, and economic opportunity. The Spaniards came to America's to conquer and seize. The Spanish depended heavily on the Native Americans for slaves while the English depended on Africans.

Both Spain and England had to address dealing with Native Americans who occupied the lands the countries wanted to colonize. Both primarily looked to the Natives as inferior. The main goal of both groups was supply the mother country with new sources for raw materials, wealth, and consumer markets.. The Spanish primarily colonized in the south and southwestern regions of America and sections of the California coast. Modern day cities where the Spanish settled are St. Augustine, Florida; Santa Fe, New Mexico; and numerous cities in Texas and California. Examples of the Native American cultures that occupied these territories were Northern and Southern Paiutes and Western Shoshones. The way that Spanish conquistadores viewed Native Americans were people who needed to be converted to Catholicism; the soldiers viewed them as inferior peoples who were to be killed or brought under Spanish control most likely as slaves. Some Spaniards advocated for the rights of the Indians including

The way the Spanish empire differed from the England empire in the ventures into the new world was the amount of lives that were taken within the Spanish conquest, comparing to the numerous deaths that were caused by the English empire.