The main reason for the natives’ enslavement was simply because Spain and Portugal viewed them as inferior and easily dominated them. The ways in which Spain and Portugal obtained their wealth were quite different. Spain having landed in a mineral rich environment saw immediate reward for their exploration and began shipping back the vast amounts of gold and silver they found. The ships that carried the gold and silver to Spain where called the Treasure Fleet; though other names were used such as: Silver Fleet, Plate Fleet, and West Indies Fleet. So great was the amount of silver the colonists shipped back that it caused inflation in Spain and hurt its economy.
Backing this world power was the Spanish Armada, which was known for never losing a sea battle. Along with the Spanish Armada the Spanish had amassed quite a collection of gold from their previous world exploits. The major setback of the Spanish in conquering the new lands was how thinly their army was spread. Due to issues in their Dutch territories, the Spanish left the Indian Islands and Jamaica up for colonization. Great Britain would eventually swoop in and
For example, Mexico and Peru who had incorporated slaves as primary agricultural labor force had a less common slavery rate than Portugal/Spain did in Cuba and Portugal in Brazil. Main reasons included the gold and silver mining were abundant around this two empires; also agricultural surplus were massive than tropical export agricultural found in Brazil at the time before African slaves arrived to brazil. In addition, commercial political regulation and troublesome fleet system limited access to European consumers and additional potential profits. Concisely, african slave trade provided labor power that develop plantations around the Equatorial region and Caribbean. In order areas it was a supplement to labor for a declining indigenous population.
Although both groups had similar purposes for their explorations, they have different goals, the achievements and failures. were more concerned with colonization, debtors and prisoners to get rid of the old world, and to achieve religious freedom. Spanish and English explorers to support the newly settled colonies need to make some sort of revenue.They also harvesting sugarcane, "rich man's crop", investment and although it took hard work and labor, and slaves require a large amount of work, it was still a source of income. They also set up foreign trade. Central and South America had settled in Spanish, the English chose to explore North America.Either find it or steal gold, or by serving as a trading post was established to make money.Tobacco proved to be easy to develop and bring in a great deal of revenue for the colony.
Compared to the relatively easy access of property at the beginning of his life, when Anthony Johnson died, his property was seized by the government because he was considered to be an outsider due to the color of his skin. Thus, as slavery proceeded further in time in the American political and economic system, racism followed. It was not the other way around. Therefore, since it is known that racism was not a direct link to slavery, it must be argued that the only logical cause of racism, then, was a globalization mentality that was held by colonists and the British. The fact that the Spanish, the main competitors of the British, were
Due to smallpox and the invasion of Cortes and his army, the Aztecs were wiped out, so they weren’t given a chance to resist the Spanish empire and regain independence as a separate empire. In order for Cortes to justify his invasive actions, he reasoned that by the end of his conquest he’d acquire lots of riches which would ensure some position of power for himself in the future. Additionally, the Spanish empire would most likely thrive with the ability to trade much of their earned riches for trade that the advanced civilizations, especially China, had to offer. Because he conquered Mexico, today most/all of Mexico follows Christianity and speaks Spanish and embraces a vast majority of Spanish
It means that some Europeans, because of their situations, could not go to the New World; so they decided to put themselves at the service of somebody else for a definite period in order to reach the Americas and start a new life. They were as slaves. Another fact is that Europe got a richer nutrition thanks to all the crops raised in America. Moreover there was the decrease of the American population because of the diseases brought by the Europeans such a smallpox. To summarize we can say that here again, Europe was the dominant nation because it gained on economic and social aspects.
These laws were made to control colonial trade and promote English shipping. Important crops, such as tobacco, and other resources had to be shipped only in British ships. In addition, ships were required to stop in England first when America traded with other nations. This law would have devastated the American economy had the British enforced it. The Molasses Act (1733) was used to control sugar cane sales to the colonies.
Analyze the factors that led to independence in Brazil in 1822. In a region that has seen its fair share of gruesome and bloody battles for autonomy, Brazil's road to independence, though not entirely peaceful was significantly less grisly that her South American counterparts. Portugal, Brazil's motherland, was a small, backward, isolated European nation that adopted the policy of stifling her colony's growth. Subsequently, there was little development in Brazil, her sole purpose being the production of raw materials. Portugal, however, had her own problems to contend with in the form of the Napoleonic Wars that saw the departure of the Portugal royal family and selected elite to the shores of Brazil.
Just think if Spain still had control over Cuba and Hawaii, we would have to spend more money as a country to import sugar and pineapples. With America going to war with Spain and gaining control of Hawaii and Cuba these things are not taxed as much as they would have been. During the war however, many people in Spain and supporting Spain in the war, burnt the sugar cane fields and threatened the lives of many. People against the idea of imperialism were worried about the wars that it might entail and I cannot say that I blame them. With the Spanish American War happening because of the imperialism, this brought many people in America against the idea.