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English Colonies
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French Colonies
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Spanish Colonies
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Settlements/Geography
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-East Coast
-West Indies -Jameston, 1607 |
-Louisiana
-Mississippi Valley -Quebec, 1608 |
-Florida, South West (USA)
-Latin America, Carribean -Sante Fe, 1610 |
Population Sources
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-people looking for land and money
-religious freedom |
-explorers, fisherman, pirates, and fur traders
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-conquistadores, mestizos (mixed European and Native)
-failed to gain many settlers because lack of gold |
Government
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-mainly independent from England until profits began to grow
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-government concerned with upsetting trade relations with the Indians
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-authority of the colony belonged to King
-Spanish crown replaced violent conquistadores -Viceroys |
Religion
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-Protestant
-towns/villages had religious tolerance for any form of Christianity except Catholic |
-Catholic
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-Catholic
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Economy
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-tobacco in Virginia
-rice in Carolina -slave trading (Indians first) -sugar cane: West Indies |
-fur traders, not agriculture
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-sugar cane in Carribean
-Haciendos: large scale farms -ecomienda system -African slaves not needed |
Population Growth
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-many of first settlers died due to disease
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-small population
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-failed to attract many settlers
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Relations with Native Americans
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-would rather be separate from Natives
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-took pride in relationships with Indians
-intermarried -many settlers adopted the Indian lifestyle |
-intermarried
-"Black legend" -harsh treatment |