France, Spain, and England all rushed to colonize the ‘New World’,each with different motives and intentions. Despite England winning colonizing, France was the one that most strategically approached attempting to colonize the ‘New World’. It shows in the way they have relations with the Natives, differences in their religion and their government.
On first arriving to the ‘New World’, all but France made inadequate relations with the Native Americans. Originally, England was cordial and amiable but only because it was to their benefit. The Native Americans was a key ingredient to their survival. As stated in Howard Zinn’s A People’s History,”...Columbus reported, ‘are so naive and so free with their possessions that no one who has not witnessed …show more content…
None all of them had religious freedom or tolerance at this point in history. The civilians of England were Puritans. Puritan life was very restrictive as you can see in The Scarlet Letter ,”... they have doomed Mistress Prynne to stand only a space of three hours on the platform of the pillory, and then and thereafter, for the remainder of her natural life, to wear a mark of shame upon her bosom.” Forced to wear the scarlet letter “A” ,which stood for Adulterer, Hester would be banned from places, avoided by others, and made fun of by everyone. Spain was even more autocratic than England. According to Shmoop,”In their minds, saving souls was worth destroying bodies, if need be. They used this argument to justify almost anything they did in the New World, and forced conversion was common.”They would force every heathen they came across to convert to christianity or face a death penalty. For France, colonial life was mostly handled by the Catholic clergy. Protestants played a major role in the founding of the new France. Despite this, the Protestants get excluded from the colonies in 1659. In Spain however, Protestants get assassinated and driven
On first arriving to the ‘New World’, all but France made inadequate relations with the Native Americans. Originally, England was cordial and amiable but only because it was to their benefit. The Native Americans was a key ingredient to their survival. As stated in Howard Zinn’s A People’s History,”...Columbus reported, ‘are so naive and so free with their possessions that no one who has not witnessed …show more content…
None all of them had religious freedom or tolerance at this point in history. The civilians of England were Puritans. Puritan life was very restrictive as you can see in The Scarlet Letter ,”... they have doomed Mistress Prynne to stand only a space of three hours on the platform of the pillory, and then and thereafter, for the remainder of her natural life, to wear a mark of shame upon her bosom.” Forced to wear the scarlet letter “A” ,which stood for Adulterer, Hester would be banned from places, avoided by others, and made fun of by everyone. Spain was even more autocratic than England. According to Shmoop,”In their minds, saving souls was worth destroying bodies, if need be. They used this argument to justify almost anything they did in the New World, and forced conversion was common.”They would force every heathen they came across to convert to christianity or face a death penalty. For France, colonial life was mostly handled by the Catholic clergy. Protestants played a major role in the founding of the new France. Despite this, the Protestants get excluded from the colonies in 1659. In Spain however, Protestants get assassinated and driven