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.
Proprietors of the companies that sponsored American colonies quickly realized that settlers were needed if their investments were to show a return, and their efforts to recruit settlers made the New World appear far more attractive than conditions warranted. Essay According to Smith (1986) in the broadest sense the American colonial experience was not unique in history. Following the discovery of the New World by Columbus, the European nations primarily Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, France, and England all set out to build colonial empires based on certain assumptions:
As much as these settlers wanted to separate from the Church of England, they still used much of the English ways as far as their economy and many of their stabilizing systems. Chesapeake was a region that was composed of Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and the New Jerseys(East and West). It was in this area that Jamestown was was founded by 104 settlers in 1607. It was located in a peninsula by the James River. The settlers here hoped to find gold , riches, spices, and an avenue to Asia for more wealth.
The intentions of both the encomienda system and system of Russian serfdom were the same, however, they differed in the foundation and functionality. Russian serfdom and the Spanish Encomienda system had many similarities. They were both systems of forced labor in which work was demanded from lower status people. Spanish settlers in the New World, particularly in the Caribbean were in need for a labor source to cultivate land and mine silver. After the rule of the Mongol over Russia, many of the free peasants had fallen into debt and were forced to work as laborers on the large estates owned by nobles.
It is a description of great conquistador, Cortez, written by Bernal Diaz in 1516. This document again displays attitudes of indifference toward the Native American population, as Cortez promises gold, silver, and Indian slaves to anyone who accompanies him in conquering the new lands. Only briefly is religion mentioned in the document. This shows that the conquistadors valued wealth more than spreading the word of God. In other words, Spanish motives for monetary gain resulted in cruel and poor attitude towards Indians.
Chapter 2- Section 1: Imperial Conflicts and Rival Colonial Models The Spanish and the French differed because the Spanish forced the Indians to covert to Catholicism and to work digging gold and farming for large estates. As it stated on page 40, “In Mesoamerica the Spanish colonial regime forced the Indians to convert to Catholicism and to work digging gold and farming large estates.” In contrast the French didn’t really bother the natives. As it stated on page 40, “In the Fur-Trading empires created by the French and the Dutch, the native people retained their lands and political autonomy…” The Spanish, French, Dutch, and English pursued contrasting methods of settlement because each had a different belief system. For example the Spanish
The Impact of the Spanish to the Colonial Spanish-America and the Ottoman Empire In the quest to explore new land, the Spanish sought the chance to expand their nation overseas and conquered the Colonial Spanish-America and the Ottoman Empire. The Spanish had a great impact on the Colonial Spanish-America and in the Ottoman Empire but the cultural interaction changes were not the same for both. Positive as well as negative change was put upon these two lands which included change in the type of rule imposed by the conquerors, religion, and the impact on culture of both the conquerors and the people conquered. The change by choice or force was what truly impacted the people conquered. There were great differences as well as similarities in the impact of interactions by the Spanish to both the Colonial Spanish-America and the Ottoman Empire.
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.
The crops helped to provide good food for the peasants of Europe and Ireland, helping to end the huge problem of famine. Crops that were brought form the Old World to the new, such as sugar, rice, and coffee help start new industries and markets. Livestock brought to the New World supplied power and meat. Horses helped the Spanish prepare for conquer of the native Indians. Sadly, diseases brought from the Old World wiped out many native civilizations in the New World.
The Jamestown settlers’ motivation for coming to America was one similar to that of the Roanoke settlers. They hoped to find gold, a water route to Asia, and make money for the shareholders in England. The status of the settlers varied dramatically. About half of them were of the English gentry, while the rest were tradesmen. Subsequently, the settlement became highly dysfunctional since the English gentleman refused to do work that was necessary to the colonies survival.