The European motivations for colonization were different for each European Nation. Motivations included finding gold, preventing others from spreading, gaining wealth, gaining political advantage and to spread religion and ideas to the New World. In the Spanish, French and English expansion, each European Nation’s approach was different causing the failure of the French and the English, and leaving the Spanish as the only country to successfully establish colonization in the New World although the Spain’s success was the inspiration for the expansion of the other European Nations.
The Spanish motivations mostly comprised of their search for gold. The colonization of the New World was not focused on actual settlements. The Spanish did not care …show more content…
Queen Elizabeth saw colonization as an opportunity to spread Protestantism in the fight against Catholic Domination. As well as helping their country “gain wealth and political advantage” (Goldfield, The American Journey, 24). The English’s first expedition was Ireland. This expedition gave the English experience in conquering a part of America. With the experience of Ireland, the English had an idea of colonial settlement based on plantations to support civilization. Sir Humphry Gilbert was the first to suggest to Queen Elizabeth that they travel to the new world. But the voyagers failed to find the water passage they needed and came back with fool’s gold for the queen. Gilbert still pushed that settling in the New World would help out the English colonies in many ways. The English tried again to send voyages to the new world. Reaching the area and having a good impression on the natives helped their situation. A war then broke out, preventing progress because of the resources needed and eventually leaving the settlement deserted. The English’s last attempt on expansion was a return to Ireland where it was thought they could spread religion and sell to the new world countries. This was “disastrous results for the people involved” which ended with the English having no settlements in the New
The Spanish motivations mostly comprised of their search for gold. The colonization of the New World was not focused on actual settlements. The Spanish did not care …show more content…
Queen Elizabeth saw colonization as an opportunity to spread Protestantism in the fight against Catholic Domination. As well as helping their country “gain wealth and political advantage” (Goldfield, The American Journey, 24). The English’s first expedition was Ireland. This expedition gave the English experience in conquering a part of America. With the experience of Ireland, the English had an idea of colonial settlement based on plantations to support civilization. Sir Humphry Gilbert was the first to suggest to Queen Elizabeth that they travel to the new world. But the voyagers failed to find the water passage they needed and came back with fool’s gold for the queen. Gilbert still pushed that settling in the New World would help out the English colonies in many ways. The English tried again to send voyages to the new world. Reaching the area and having a good impression on the natives helped their situation. A war then broke out, preventing progress because of the resources needed and eventually leaving the settlement deserted. The English’s last attempt on expansion was a return to Ireland where it was thought they could spread religion and sell to the new world countries. This was “disastrous results for the people involved” which ended with the English having no settlements in the New