The Spanish, French, and English Colonization.

There is an extensive history empirical power, repeatedly and successfully controlling another state or group of people in order to exploit it economically. In Southeast Asia there were 5 colonial powers; the United Kingdom, France, Dutch, America, and Japan, their primary motives for establishing colonies in the region was to get control of trade routes, to get access to the natural resources and raw materials, and the cheap labor, as well as to establish naval and military bases so that they could amass influence in the region. Prior to World War II, a third of the world 's area was colonized by European colonial powers between the 15th and 19th centuries, and another third of the world 's population were in colonies, dependencies, protectorates, or dominions. In this essay, I will focus on the British and French colonization in Southeast Asia. The British-controlled Burma, most of the Malayan peninsula, and Singapore, which was a strategic port and later became a naval base for the British. Meanwhile, the French controlled the adjoining countries of Vietnamese, Cambodia, and Laos, collectively known as French Indochina. This period of colonization in Southeast Asia brought many changes to the regions society, politics, and the economy. For instance, both colonial powers introduced political changes such as introducing a centralized form of government and changes to the justice systems in many of the colonized countries. There were also social impacts resulting from the

Throughout the 17th century, many European countries sent explorers and settlers to America. The two most eminent countries that colonized area of America were Spain and Great Britain. Britain began to establish colonies in the northeast; in the area they called New England. The Spanish interest lied in the southwest. Living in two unassociated areas caused the Spanish settlements and the New England colonies to be quite unlike each other. When faced with the task of finding similarities between the two, not much can be found. It is the differences that stand out when studying the English and Spanish, from religion to politics to ideals.

The relationship between the English and the Native Americans in 1600 to 1700 is one of the most fluctuating and the most profound relationships in American history. On the one side of the picture, the harmony between Wampanoag and Puritans even inspires them to celebrate “first Thanksgiving”; while, by contrast, the conflicts between the Pequots and the English urge them to antagonize each other, and even wage a war. In addition, the mystery of why the European settlers, including English, become the dominant power in American world, instead of the indigenous people, or Indians, can be solved from the examination of the relationship. In a variety of ways, the relationship drastically alters how people think about and relate to the aborigines. Politically, the relationship changes to establish the supremacy of the English; the English intends to obtain the land and rules over it. Socially, the relationship changes to present the majority of the English settlers; the dominating population is mostly the English settlers. Economically, the relationship changes to obtain the benefit of the English settlers; they gain profit from the massive resource in America. Therefore, the relationship does, in fact, change to foreshadow the discordance of the two groups of people.

Europeans came to the Americas for many different reasons. Religious freedom, adventure, gold, new opportunity, and land are a few of them. Perhaps the most serious was the different way that Europeans and Native Americans thought about land. Land was extremely important to European settlers because land meant wealth, in which they established many communities where they lived and worked. Many of the settlers in the new country could have never owned land in Europe because they were too poor. The Native Americans believed that no one could own land. They

The Native Americans once thrived on the rich land of the Americas, and they built a long-lasting civilization with the help of nature, gods, and organized roles within the tribes. However, the thriving population plummeted after their encounter with diseases and forced labor brought upon them by the Spanish and Portuguese conquistadores. Although at first the conquistadores mistreatment of Native Americans seem shallow and unethical, their conquest of the Americas only partially reflects the claims of the English Black Legends..

Throughout the 17th century, the English faced many hardships. The settlers of Jamestown had faced misfortune of the new land such as disease and malnutrition, and failure of crops. Over time the English built their economic and social structure with perfecting crops, indentured slaves and building a new society that would spark others to explore.

The British’s strict enforcement over the American colonies never sat completely well with many of the settlers to begin with, but to go along with their control issues on how they should be ran came many more policies to ensure their restrictions. Unfortunately for Britain, more rules and regulations only increased the colony’s desperation for freedom and their rebellious behavior rather than teaching them a lesson to mind their wonderful Majesty. The colony’s rebellious outbreaks, once began, would not stop until they were completely satisfied in their way of living. These colonies’ resistance towards Britain was due to their policies that had resulted in superfluous taxing, the loss of their trading rights, and

Most English colonies relied on their agriculture and trading system to boost their economy. One example is the Jamestown Settlement that was supported by their exportation of tobacco that yielded a high price to other countries. To gain

This encouraged their homelands to support their conquest due to the victory and respect they would bring back after their journey. They now had validation for their voyage to the New World. The desire for glory only fueled when the conquistadors overthrew the Aztec empire, which was incredibly powerful at the time. Due to the conquistadors’ superior technology, not only did they gain the Aztec’s territory and power, but also the longed Glory. The early English exploration led to England becoming enemies with Spain due to religious warfare. Once defeating the Spanish Armada, the English navy became extremely powerful. It has been revealed over time that the need for Glory was greatly important to the Spaniards who destroyed anyone in the hopes of gaining dominant power (Kupperman). This was fairly easy considering the enslaving, beating, and killing that resulted from the lack of obedience. Every European conquest began and ended with the fundamental goal of becoming a well-known and highly respected settlement. This was probably one of the most genuine reasons for their journeys due to the fact that it was commonly relied on when determining the colony’s

In the early 1600’s English traders embarked in the Americas not only in search of a new trade route to the east, but used this land discovery as an opportunity to expand their European empire. They came to settle in the Americas to start up

Great observation, the relationship between the French and Native American of the early colonization were very successful. Therefore, both sides needed each other in order to exchange their goods in order for survival. At first, the Native Americans were receptive to the French building their colonies because they viewed the French as partners and they would protect them against other Native Americans. As we learned in the text, “that the support to the Huron tribes in their efforts against the confederated tribes of the Mohawks and Iroquois (Reich, 2011, p. 37). However, the French tried to impose their culture onto the Native Americans by trying to convert them to Christianity. In fact, the Indians were not too keen on this idea and as

The Americas, or the "new world" as it was referred to back then, was of interest to many countries that were seeking opportunities to conquer the unknown land. This resulted in countries like Spain, France, and England to approach colonization of the “new world” through different methods.

The Spanish, British, and French were just three of the many European countries who came to the Americas. However, the three of them did not have all the same goals, with this newly discovered land. On the surface it may seem that the three countries just wanted to expand their empires, and make new settlements, but there was other motives to moving to the Americas, and some of them were not too great.

The English established colonies in the Americas because they had religious freedom, better body politic, and to help Catholics. In the New England colonies passengers of the Mayflower planned to settle in Virginia to form, “a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation.” In the Middle colonies the Dutch West India Company sent families over to New Amsterdam. The company gave land to anyone who purchased 50 settlers to work the land to increase the amount of settlers in the colony. In the Southern colonies the English established the colony of Maryland because, Sir George Calvert, Lord Baltimore wanted to get a fortune and establish a safe place for other Catholics that were being persecuted in England.

Exploratory expeditions to the New World quickly led to colonial settlements, as the major European countries vied with each other for a portion of the western hemisphere’s riches. »full text