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.
John Hobson, an English economist, saw imperialism as inevitable, for powers of production outpace consumption resulting in more profit for the mother country (doc 2). The United States was involved in imperialism due to the Monroe Doctrine of 1823, which made the western hemisphere an American protectorate and their victory in the Spanish-American War making them a Pacific power. Both Europe and America believed imperialism could bring them economic power and capacity. Imperialism was not strictly confined to economics; it also included the political aims of unique states. John Hobson deemed demand for foreign markets for manufacturers and investments was responsible for the adoption of Imperialism as a political policy (doc 2).
Although the motivation of the Europeans conquest was about gold, God, and glory neither outweighed the other. In my opinion, the driving force originally was about gold. This conquest was justified by the Europeans desire to obtain a trade root. When Columbus landed in the new world the original meeting was genuine however, greed would soon change the relationship with the Europeans and the Indies. It is apparent that when Columbus landed in the Bahamas he believed he was somewhere near the East Indies.
GKE1 Task 3 GKE1 Task 3 (A) The colonization of North America began in the late 1600’s. England, France and Spain began sending citizens to the “New World” in hopes of establishing new territories. The purpose of these new territories was to gain land for each countries expansion and to increase trade with new found resources. They also intended to increase political and private wealth. There were others who wished to flee religious persecution.
Fundamental factors like the growing powers all the governments, a new thrust and desire for foreign goods- especially Asian goods, and a desire to spread the Christian religion drew the Europeans to the exploration, conquest and settlement of the New World. The key players in exploration of the New World all became more powerful. The Portuguese set up trading posts along the coast of Africa which allowed money to flow through the country, giving them more power. The marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile unified the kingdom of Spain, which increased its power. This increase in power made many countries and governments hungry for more power and would do anything to find it.
The settlers here hoped to find gold , riches, spices, and an avenue to Asia for more wealth. They hoped to bring back their loot to Europe to make more money and become prosperous. Unfortunately, they had struggled with their beginnings and did not thrive and succeed until many learned lessons. Luckily, they were welcomed by the local Native American Indians, the Powhatans, who
The New England colonies were founded for religious freedoms, while the Chesapeake colonies were founded for economic opportunities. In Document F, it is stated that some of the settlers came solely for gold and did not contribute to the community in any way. This document shows how some settlers made the journey to the New World in hopes of finding treasure and getting rich quick. In fact, the Virginia colony was financed by the London Virginia Company. The London Virginia Company, a joint stock company, financed the trip to the New World in hopes of making money off the venture.
America’s rapid territorial expansion can be seen to of been effected by a variety of factors. Whilst some historians choose to argue that it was due to the belief that unexplored areas of the West held riches, others argue that it was due to the goal of establishing communications and transport from the east coast to the west, as seen by the Louisiana Purchase. However arguably the most key factor that led to the territorial expansion of the west can be seen as being President Polk’s actions in gaining territories such as Texas and California from Mexico. The general belief that in the unexplored, unknown lands to the west there lay wealth and riches lead to many settlers seeking opportunity in the lands west of the coast. This quest for resources pushed settlers further and further west into lands previously unsettled.
Imperialism can also be known as colonialism. Basically all imperialism is, is the growing and expanding of a nation through gaining colonies and territories that will be able to help the country by providing not only the land, labor, and raw materials, but also by providing possible sea ports in a time of war or conflict, and gaining trading routes that help to provide easy transport of goods and materials by avoiding countries or peoples that may cause trouble for the traders travelling through(1). There were many reasons why a nation would become imperialistic. Economics played a very large role in a countries decision to become imperialistic. Many times imperialism occurred in a nation shortly after it had begun to
European nations began by establishing colonies in foreign areas to gain access to new resources that could not be easily accessed in Europe. These colonies were established in places such as India, and Africa which were fertile growing areas for spices and other raw materials that are not able to grow in the northern colder climates of Europe. With the establishment of these colonies, the rulers of the European nations such as England, France, and Germany saw a great way to make some extra money in the form of taxation. I believe that this led ultimately to the idea of Imperialism in which these nations were heavily taxing these colonies. This in turn led to things such as the American Revolution and the commonly known phrase “taxation without representation”.