North American Colonization

The introduction briefly explains the material which will be covered in the following sections. It states the North American continent went through a radical period during 1450 to 1750. This was the time when Native Americans encountered European immigrants. As slavery was established, the color of people’s skin became the determining factor for their status.
Later came the British colonies. During the 1600s the colonization of North America began, which were later known as the first thirteen colonies. Jamestown was the first settlement established in Virginia in the year 1607. Then Massachusetts was next and so on until the thirteen were established. When this began to occur English settlers did not really interact with Native Americans. …show more content…
Slavery did not actually begin in the settlements. It actually began 50 years before Columbus even landed on America. The ones who brought over slavery for the first time were the Portuguese. Prince Henry went to Africa to look for gold, find a new route and expand the Portuguese knowledge of Africa. In 1441 was the year when the Portuguese finally obtained gold from Africa. Then in 1442, not only did the Portuguese obtain more gold, but also obtain the first Africans. About 40 years after this event, the Portuguese were allowed to set up a port in Africa for themselves. This port was set up to trade gold and other natural resources at the time. In the coming future, this port would eventually become a slave trade port instead. Africans were either captured or kidnapped by slave traders, then were brought to the port to be exchanges for natural resources and other things. In actuality, slavery existed in Africa much before the Europeans had arrived. Yet, the type of slavery established in Africa was quite mild compared to the one established in the Americas. In Africa, slaves could get married and would eventually obtain their freedom after serving several years. Another important difference was the fact that in Africa, white supremacy did not exist like in the Americas. By 1619, a million Africans has been brought over by the Europeans. The importation of Africans to the Americas continued …show more content…
This did not sit well with England since they wanted to control the rest of North America. Countries were competing against each other to colonize the New World. Richard Hakluyt and his nephew promoted the colonization of the New World in England. They explained how much England would gain by colonizing the new world. They would tempt nobleman by informing them about the amount of land they could purchase. Merchants were told about the new good they could export into the country. They basically tried to appeal the idea to everyone by relating it to them. The outcome of this was Jamestown. By 1609, there were 500 settlers from Europe in the New World. Unfortunately, the settlers faced famine. The conditions were harsh on the settlers. Although they could have received help from the Native Americans, they chose to not relate themselves with them. Conditions become so hard, cases of cannibalism were reported. By 1610, only 60 settlers were still alive. Eventually more settlers were sent from England to Jamestown. This time tobacco was what helped Jamestown succeed. Due to all the work required to grow tobacco, more settlers came to Jamestown as indentured servants. The indenture servants served from four to seven years and were then released from their contract. In 1619, the first Africans arrived through the Dutch. The Dutch needed supplies and food, therefor traded the