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Title: 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
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