Differences
England
Spain
France
- Spain found a few furs and some gold when they came over.
- Their main focus other than those two things was converting Indians to Christianity
- This lead to Popes Rebellion which involved the Indians.
- England originally started colonizing to build an empire and keep up in the race with Spain and France
- England's colonies became much more though
Similarities
- France had a good bit of land
- They discovered both Detroit and Louisiana
- English colonies only had a little bit of land
- England actually set up the colonies as a home
- English settlers immigrated for religious reasons
- English settlers had more economic opportunities
- French settlers made peace with some indians
- English settlers set up their own government in the colonies
- Dutch generally followed a policy of live and let live: they did not force assimilation or religious conversion on the Indians.
- Dutch made some effort to be fair to the Indians when applying Dutch law to them, the Indians also learned that they could utilize the Dutch laws.
Spanish Empire
- First Spanish Colony was founded in 1551 in Mexico
- They treated the Pueblo Indians poorly which lead to Battle of Acoma.
- Most of the colonies had conflicts with indians
- The Spanish and French colonies were both ruled completely by their home country
- Spanish and French settlers tried to convert indians to Christianity
- All started colonizing to make empires for their country
- Spanish and French both had large amounts of land
- The English copied the Dutch, as well did the Dutch copied the Portuguese
- Like the French, The Dutch were in the beaver business; therefore they were concerned with sustaining the Indian nations who were providing them with beaver pelts.
Came over and started colonizing in the 1500's
Explorers came over to find gold
Spanish Colonies grew quickly
France
Compare and Contrast the British, French, Spanish, and Dutch Empires in America.
- France had one valuable resource in the beaver which caused people to move a bit
- France also tried to convert indians to Christianity.
- This upset the indians and made the indians attack the French
- France started colonizing because they wanted an Empire
- People did not come over for religious reasons
- Government of New France was under direct control of the king.
France
England
- Started colonizing in Canada first.
- When they first got there they made peace with the Huron indians
- They also made enemies of the Iroquois indians.
England
- The Dutch entered the picture after it gained independence from Spain.
- It quickly became a competitor with Portugal in South Asia.
- Interest in the east was straightforward to accumulate wealth by creating a monopoly demand.
- Many English people migrated over to the new word for religious reasons.
- They would come over to avoid religious persecutions.
- The English people also had bad relations with the indians.
- England's colonies prospered in economics
- In the south they had big plantations and everything was about getting land to farm
- In the north business and trade were a big part of their way of life
- The north also relied on joint-stock companies
- Even though English colonies were ruled by England, they set up small governments in each colony.
- The people in the English colonies also set up more of a permanent home.
- Dutch used to buy shiploads of Southeast Asian luxuries for low prices and resale them at high prices in Europe
- focused on the East Indies spice and luxury trade
- established colonies in Cape South Africa, New Amsterdam across the Atlantic and on several Islands across the Caribbean
- Most Dutch settlers, stayed in New World and invested
- in the 17th century the Dutch traded actively with West Africa, replacing the Portuguese