A Comparison on the Colonization Techniques of England and Spain and the resulting outcomes Spain and England are known leaders of the Colonization of the New World. Both countries had a very different approach to how they colonized the New World, and both of them reaped different benefits from colonization. Spain had started their colonization process in 1492 when Christopher Columbus discovered the New World; in 1493 Spain had established their first Colony of Hispaniola. Almost 100 years later, in 1587 England entered the arena with their first settlement on Roanoke Island. This establishment quickly collapsed and the first permanent English colony of Jamestown was established 20 years later in 1607.
The English founded the first permanent settlement in America in 1607. The first colony was called Jamestown, situated in today’s Virginia. The colony was named after the English king, James I. The first colonists hoped to find gold in the New World and to get rich quickly. But the settlers had many problems during the first winters and hardly managed to survive.
(p. 1 European Exploration) In October 1492, Columbus landed on the island of Hispaniola (present-day Haiti and Dominican Republic). Columbus believed that he was in the outer islands of the Far East, and he made three more voyages in search of a path to Asia. During the last three voyages, Columbus reached the major islands of the Caribbean, which he named the West Indies. It was not until 1507, a year after Columbus's death, that cartographer Amerigo Vespucci suggested that Columbus had landed on an entirely new land that was far from Asia. (p. 2 European Exploration) Although Spain's new claims created the Spanish Empire, the extent of its lands was still unknown.
Had the Sea Venture not been shipwrecked during the hurricane, they too would have fallen victim to the starvation that ravaged Jamestown. The combination of their survival and the supplies that Lord De La Warre brought to the colonists saved the English settlement in the new world. Without one, the other would not have been enough to keep the first colony in America going. The settlement at Jamestown would live on, and the English would continue to send settlers and supplies building a new civilization in the new
They were also more interested in conquering and converting than they were establishing trade routes and settlements ("English, French, and Spanish Exploration (Overview)”). Conversely, the Dutch came to the New World seeking fresh trading areas and sources for ludicrous goods in high demand back in Europe (such as tobacco, sugar, fur), and brought with them a tolerance towards disparate beliefs (Union of Utrecht 1579). While this was good for business, the multifarious demographic of the New Netherlands fostered a prominent lack of unity and loyalty amongst colonists that proved to be a major weakness during forthcoming times of stress (Bannon 238). Like the Dutch, the French were also chiefly drawn to exploration for trade and resources (particularly fur) (Bannon 9). Unfortunately, the French never amassed the population numbers to establish themselves
People deal with agriculture but “although they worked hard to ensure their subsistence, they had little desire to create a surplus” (121.KGO'B.vol II.Ch 21.Industrial Europe p: 674). So they made a big effort but they didn’t receive recompense for one’s work enough. However, after the industrial revolution thanks to machine people started to make little effort and create more surpluses so it leads to increasing surplus and more raw materials required. To my way of thinking political changes are affected by industrial revolution. For example, imperialism and quest for raw materials had a
The impoverishment of the peasants had forced them to seek regular loans from the rich. If a Roman entered into a formal agreement or nexum while contracting a loan in which the debtor's person was pledged as security, failure to honor the agreement resulted in debt bondage. Debts incurred due to frequent participation in wars, as well as to meet diverse economic needs, had made indebtedness a chronic peasant problem. Debt bondage had allowed the landed aristocracy to acquire unfree labor for their estates. When the peasants and other poor people were unable to repay their loans they were enslaved.
Leaders of other countries weren’t happy with all the money Europeans were earning because they too wanted to make a profit. This set the precedent for other countries to set sail in search of new trade routes in order to begin making money. Greed motivated Christopher Columbus to partner up with the Spanish in order to search for a more effective trade route to China and India. During this search Columbus discovered the Caribbean, and others along with him discovered the American continents later on. He thought he was in India, that’s why he called the native people on the island, “Indians”.
At first, the Europeans who agreed to set sail to America came from many backgrounds and came with many different motives other than labor. These motives were mainly religious with people seeking freedom to practice faiths that were discouraged in Europe. These groups consisted of English Puritans, French Protestants, Catholics, Quakers, and Mennonites from Germany. Due to the lack of white European laborers, indentured servitude was introduced to increase migration of this group. Indentured servants are individuals contracted to do certain work for a term (usually between four and seven) in return for transportation across the Atlantic and specified payments of food, clothing, housing, or education in a craft.
With the accumulating use of cash in agrarian regions, the new occupations were crucial in providing a way for peasants to feed themselves, yet local economies remained, if not declined, due to forced labor precipitating little no available workers. Towards the West, “Malacca has suffered a considerable declension from its former state of prosperity” (Thorn 7-8). As the Dutch gained increasingly powerful control over export trade, traditional spice trade routes weakened and trades patterns were severed. Batavia flourished while northern Javanese and Sumatran ports deteriorated, inducing a decline in economy. Everything considered, several aspects of Indonesian economy have advanced, yet not without governmental change.