The Colonization of America

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The Colonization of America

• Meredyth Haas

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Distinctions of English Exploration

• Wanted to find passage to Asia
• Wanted to be gentlemen with estates
• Wanted to glorify the king
• Had surplus population to send
• Wanted to bargain for land with Indians

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Distinctions of Spanish Exploration

• Wanted to find passage to Asia
• Wanted to glorify the King
• Explorers were low-lives
• Intermarried with indigenous people
• Felt entitled to own land

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Distinctions of French Exploration

• Wanted to find a passage to Asia
• Established a trading empire with Indians
• Settlements spread along rivers
• Intermarried with indigenous people
• Didnt want to take Indians land

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Comparing Early Colonies VA in 17th Century

• High mortality
• Big class divisions
• High menwomen ratio
• Cash crops of tobacco grown
• 1624 VA made a royal colony

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Comparing Early Colonies MA in 17th Century

• Made up of Puritans
• No value of privacy, lived close together
• No Clergy held public office
• Wanted to keep MA pure
• Ascetic lifestyle no paintings or icons

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Comparing Early Colonies PA in 17th Century

• Toleration of Religion
• Refuge for Quakers
• Run by William Penn (proposed all laws)
• Diverse and multicultural
• Attractive place to live

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In the 18th Century

• Colonies homogenized and lost distinctive
  qualities
• MA began to decline religiously
• VA became dependent on African slave labor
• PA lost its charter and became a royal colony