Indentured Servants
...and Muslims. They were fighting for control of the area of Southwest Asia called Palestine. This area contained Christian shrines and holy places. Land: each noble ruled a piece of land and hoped to rule more. Strong rulers were able to unify nearby lands.
Purpose of the American colonies in eyes of Europeans- Mercantilism: mercantilism is guided by economic principles. Governments held that a nation¡¯s power was directly related to it¡¯s wealth. But colonial merchants wanted to make money for themselves, not for Great Britain.
Purpose of the American colonies in eyes of Europeans- mercantilism: Great Britain and its American colonies struggled to balance conflicting interests. Guided by economic principles the government held that nations¡¯ power was directly related to its wealth.
Spanish, French, Dutch Colonization- extent, motives, relations with natives, decline: Spanish- motives were land, trade, missionary which is power and wealth. Encomienda system was established in which nobility gets land with rights to use Indians as slave labor. Spanish decline was the destruction of Armada in 1588 and the colonies were gone by 1800¡¯s. French- it¡¯s motives were land and trade. Extent was St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes, Canada, and Mississsippi River to New Orleans. Their main interest was the fur trade. It¡¯s decline was the French and Indian War and France was out of America. Dutch- it¡¯s motives were land and trade. IT¡¯s extent was New Ntherlands. It¡¯s relations with the Native American was copperation. Their decline was to threat to English profits which made the Dutch expel in 1664
English Colonization- motives- religious, political, economic power: After the defeat of Spanish Armada, English began to set up colonies in North America. They came for many reasons. Economic problems made them eager for new opportunities. In the lower classes,...
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