The first age of colonization, puts a spotlight on the birth of European exploration of the Americas and the peoples who inhabited them. Numerous countries of Europe sent adventurers to explore, with primary intentions to discover resources, to trade, and spread Catholicism to the “uncivilized” natives of the areas. Spain, after the Reconquista, started their golden age. After Columbus’ discovery of the new world, explorers and treasure ships made their way to the Americas. The Spanish conquest through South America was a huge success in terms of Spanish influence, power, and economy. Further north in Europe, the French, chose to live amongst the natives in harmony through trade, while also sharing their religious beliefs with them. Arriving
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However, the French refrained from the use of slavery in its Northern American territory. On the other hand, the French indulged themselves into the ways of the Northern natives, more specifically the Huron Tribe, before being driven west by the Iroquois confederacy. In doing so, the French gained trapping techniques, where then gifts, trade, and an alliance was shared. The mass fur trade in the north stimulated the French economy, which made New France a vital colony over income. Quebec, the center of the fur trading industry was from then on to be ruled by a governor, with military, religious and educational support supplied by France. Until the Seven Years War ended in 1763, the French prospered in the area, until losing its Canadian and Louisiana territory to England and …show more content…
Between Spain, France, and England the reasons for exploring hardly differed, but what each country inherited greatly contrasted. As France introduced the fur trade industry to Europe, in doing so, establishing good relations with the natives. While Spain brought masses of treasures back, along with a moral deficit due to mass genocide and the enslavement of natives. On the other hand, England’s economy was stimulated by the imports of raw materials from its colonies, such as tobacco and sugar. Although tensions with natives were sporadic and brutal, it could not match the unethical amount of slaves imported into the colonies, in order to work the labor intensive crop. All in all, the race for territory in the new world continued until mid 17th century, where there the natives of the land, the resources, and the slaves, were all dealt with differently by each
However, the French refrained from the use of slavery in its Northern American territory. On the other hand, the French indulged themselves into the ways of the Northern natives, more specifically the Huron Tribe, before being driven west by the Iroquois confederacy. In doing so, the French gained trapping techniques, where then gifts, trade, and an alliance was shared. The mass fur trade in the north stimulated the French economy, which made New France a vital colony over income. Quebec, the center of the fur trading industry was from then on to be ruled by a governor, with military, religious and educational support supplied by France. Until the Seven Years War ended in 1763, the French prospered in the area, until losing its Canadian and Louisiana territory to England and …show more content…
Between Spain, France, and England the reasons for exploring hardly differed, but what each country inherited greatly contrasted. As France introduced the fur trade industry to Europe, in doing so, establishing good relations with the natives. While Spain brought masses of treasures back, along with a moral deficit due to mass genocide and the enslavement of natives. On the other hand, England’s economy was stimulated by the imports of raw materials from its colonies, such as tobacco and sugar. Although tensions with natives were sporadic and brutal, it could not match the unethical amount of slaves imported into the colonies, in order to work the labor intensive crop. All in all, the race for territory in the new world continued until mid 17th century, where there the natives of the land, the resources, and the slaves, were all dealt with differently by each