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Themes
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1. mercantilism: the universal economic theory
2. rivalry of three major nations – England, France and Spain 3. English colonies the least tightly controlled 4. geography and native population affects each colony profoundly |
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Spain
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1. South America, Central America, American Southwest
2. King the source of all authority 3. emphasis on gold, huge haciendas 4. cruel to Indian workers 5. strongly Catholic 6. mercantilist |
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French
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1. Canada for fur trade – St. Lawrence and Mississippi River systems
2. West Indies for sugar 3. Friendly with Indians – coureurs de bois 4. Mercantilism – Colbert and Joint stock companies 5. Strongly Catholic – no Huguenots allowed 6. Never many colonists |
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Dutch
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1. Established trading centers in Hudson River Valley at Albany (Fort Orange) and New Amsterdam
2. Good relations with Native American trading partners. 3. Purely economic in nature – not interested in territory. |
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England
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1. established by joint stock companies and proprietors on Eastern seaboard
2. spread inland along the rivers 3. Capture New Amsterdam in 1664 (renamed New York) |
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Southern Colonies
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1. Virginia – Jamestown – John Smith – the first settlement
2. tidewater plantations – rice, tobacco, slavery 3. local self government – House of Burgesses in Va. Counties in the Piedmont 4. mixed populations, small farmers, indentured servants inland in the Piedmont 5. Oglethorpe – Georgia – the last colony founded |
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Middle Colonies
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1. Penn and Quakers the dominant colony
2. agriculture, iron and merchants 3. mixed population, government and religion |
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New England
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1. Massachusetts dominant – colonized Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island
2. Puritans – Bradford, Winthrop 3. town government – General Court 4. farming, whaling, merchants |