Cause
Summary
Effects/Significance
-Over 10,000 years prior to Columbus, people came to the Americas using the Bering Strait
--These were Native Americans
Gold, glory and god were the three sources that caused the colonization of the “new world”
The Treaty of Tordesillas; Spain and Portugal agreed to divide the Western Hemisphere
Spain was the earliest to colonize North America
The Encomienda System; Spanish recieved land with native People
Attempts to change Native American beliefs led to resistance and conflict
Protestant England challenge colonization of North America
Reasons for European colonization included mercantilism; colonies exist to enrich the mother country
-access to cheap raw materials
-provide gold/silver
Native …show more content…
between the western hemisphere, africa and europe.
Native people strove to maintain their political and cultural autonomy
Spanish, French and Dutch are go to North America to attempt to exploit the new world resources and form complex relationships with indigenous people.
Native American religion was very often connected to their relationship with nature
--animism: the belief in nonhuman things *plants/animals) possess a spiritual essence
The arrival of Columbus (1492) led to massive demographic on both sides of the Atlantic
The Columbian exchange lead to massive population decline
The Encomienda System; led to native slave labor, and conversion to catholicism, and mestizo (indian/white) and mulatto(black and white)
-1680 Pope's Rebellion; death of hundreds of spanish colonists/destruction of churches
Juan de Sepulveda wrote “Just Causes for War Against the Indians” justified Spanish colonization
Bartolome de las Casas, “a Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies” criticized spanish …show more content…
// had town hall meetings // Harvard university established // Salem Witch Trials // The Halfway Covenant said Puritans we’re losing religious touch // Majority of people were Puritans
William Penn's “Holy Experiment” in Pennsylvania
Summary
Effects/Significance
-Over 10,000 years prior to Columbus, people came to the Americas using the Bering Strait
--These were Native Americans
Gold, glory and god were the three sources that caused the colonization of the “new world”
The Treaty of Tordesillas; Spain and Portugal agreed to divide the Western Hemisphere
Spain was the earliest to colonize North America
The Encomienda System; Spanish recieved land with native People
Attempts to change Native American beliefs led to resistance and conflict
Protestant England challenge colonization of North America
Reasons for European colonization included mercantilism; colonies exist to enrich the mother country
-access to cheap raw materials
-provide gold/silver
Native …show more content…
between the western hemisphere, africa and europe.
Native people strove to maintain their political and cultural autonomy
Spanish, French and Dutch are go to North America to attempt to exploit the new world resources and form complex relationships with indigenous people.
Native American religion was very often connected to their relationship with nature
--animism: the belief in nonhuman things *plants/animals) possess a spiritual essence
The arrival of Columbus (1492) led to massive demographic on both sides of the Atlantic
The Columbian exchange lead to massive population decline
The Encomienda System; led to native slave labor, and conversion to catholicism, and mestizo (indian/white) and mulatto(black and white)
-1680 Pope's Rebellion; death of hundreds of spanish colonists/destruction of churches
Juan de Sepulveda wrote “Just Causes for War Against the Indians” justified Spanish colonization
Bartolome de las Casas, “a Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies” criticized spanish …show more content…
// had town hall meetings // Harvard university established // Salem Witch Trials // The Halfway Covenant said Puritans we’re losing religious touch // Majority of people were Puritans
William Penn's “Holy Experiment” in Pennsylvania