...2011 HIS/115 Jeff Hanford I am an American citizen here in North America. Living here is very different. There are many things going on here and in all the colonies. There are numerous issues going on. There is a lot of settlement taking place with many different people. There are not only issues between the people who are settling but there are also many issues and differences between the natives that were here when we started migrating and settling. Also there are issues and differences among the colonies themselves. As I have lived here and learned about what is going on, I have written a journal of the several happenings not only where I live but also throughout all colonies. I have kept some notes about the type of people here. I have also kept notes on the various issues between colonies, people and groups. I have observed the natives as well as the settlers and have seen several different things from hatred to friendliness and many steps in between. Although I hope to be able to learn a lot about this and other colonies, it will be very difficult as we are separated by distance and also the communication between the colonies is not very efficient and it takes a lot of time for news to travel from colony to colony. One of the things I have noticed more than anything is that this and other colonies have become and are continuing to become very diverse in more areas than one. First of course there are the natives which are called Indians. At first I thought Indians...
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...world was divided into two areas of exploration and colonization, the Portuguese and the Spain, in order to avoid conflict between the two forces. This was known as the Treaty of Tordesillas, where Spain established the policy, marcclausm i.e. sea closed to others. Elizabeth soon implied that Spain caused aggression by restricting the access of foreigners in to the Americas and so the concept of “no peace beyond the line” was introduced. The Spaniards settled in the West Indies, mainly in the countries in the Greater Antilles and had settled in a little of the Lesser Antilles, the Bahamas and the Guianas, and so these areas became a weakness for the Spanish monopoly and this is where it began to be challenged. The Spanish were complemented by the trading system where the Indians slaves were forced to bring their gold and other resources. Eventually, the prospect of profits from gold was lessened, as the commodity soon became exhausted and so they turned to livestock and sugar production. Spain’s wealth increased tremendously in the sixteenth century and so did their attempts to curtail the Europeans from stealing their riches. The introduction of military measures such as establishing forts, bureaucratic centralization and house of trades (e.g. The Casa de Contratacion) were various strategies that Spain employed to regulate trade between Spain and her colonies. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, three distinct phrases that attempted to challenge or break the Spanish...
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...In 1604, a French explorer, Champlain, whose mission is exploring the land called New France, arrived in Canada, he designed to build his residence in Quebec in 1608 because he thought Quebec is very suitable to trade fur. At about the same period, the British were settling their colonies in the thirteen colonies. In 1670, the English started involving in fur trade in Upper Canada and established the Hudson’s Bay Company but in 1682, the French attacked the Hudson’s Bay Company and took control of it until 1714. In the Treaty of Utrecht, the British took over of Acadia and Acadians were asked to take oath of allegiance to English king but they refused to sign the unconditional oath of allegiance to the English king. By 1755, the British decided...
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...resulted with the arrival of European explorers and colonies. Was this interaction more harmful or beneficial to both Europeans and Native Americans? The cultural interactions between the Europeans and the Native Americans were ultimately destructive for the natives, but overall beneficial for the Europeans. It is clearly stated in many history books that the European diseases brought over to the Americas decimated much of the native population. This dramatic loss of population affected the natives willingness to resist European assimilation, and thus contributed to the loss of many native cultures but a blending of European and native cultures. Furthermore, the natives were often...
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...When England, France and the Netherlands came over to North America they all came at different times with different ideas. Each one came to start a new world and expand their land. As shown in document one most of these colonies were very large. All of these countries have many similarities and difference on how they obtained colonies in North America. The French came over to North America and landed in what is now modern day New York. The French were not the first people to land in America. As shown in document three the native Americans were the first people to ever live here. The French brought over many different types of settlers. One big way the French obtained their colony was fur trade. When the English came over they made a settlement called Jamestown where they could grow crops and tend to the ill. In document four it states that all seventeen of the English ships landed safely in New England. The most important thing that helped the English maintain their colony was their discovery of tobacco. Due to this discovery they were able to gain more goods by trading it to places where they could not grow tobacco. The Netherlands also used trade to maintain their colony in North America. They made trading posts near a river. Doing this helped them because when other places wanted to trade they could use their boats and go directly...
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...The Spanish, Dutch, French, and English were different based on the way they would establish colonies but after awhile the Indigenous people were tired of these people invading their lands and began to revolt and cause uprisings. The difference between the Spanish and the rest of the colonies was that the Spanish would just come in and overthrow these people and take over their lands. The Dutch, English, and French where they tried establishing treaties with these people and working with them to establish English Law and help build cities. These European colonies did not have a problem at first because the Indigenous people were not living where these colonies were trying to establish. The Indian people would constantly be on the move following the animals, because where ever the animals went that is where the food would be. These European colonies did not know that they had to hunt and harvest crops in order to provide food for themselves. In their countries they saw hunting as a hobby and sport where only the rich would participate in, so for people who had never done it they did not know what to do. The Spanish had good intentions once they came to the Americas, Christopher Columbus’s plan was to build forts and trading posts where merchants could trade with local peoples for products desired by European consumers for when they would come across the Atlantic and begin to start new societies. How ever it became really clear that the Caribbean region offered no silks...
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...disagreement between the American colonists and the British policymakers that developed during the period 1763 to 1776? “That these are the acts of power assumed by a body of men foreign to our constitutions, and unacknowledged by our laws; against which we do, on behalf of the inhabitants of British America, enter this our solemn and determined protest” (Jefferson). In the years leading up to the American Revolution it was perhaps the case that the paper, not the pen, was mightier than the sword. In affirmation of the law of unintended consequences, the English imposed Stamp Act, which did what the colonists could not do for themselves: It united them. The new peace in Europe caused a fundamental shift in the...
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...**Remember: Create a google doc for the answer to these questions! Name it: YourName__Unit2ReadingGuide 1. Describe colonial population growth. What were the most populous colonies? Colonies’ populations were constantly growing due to lots of immigration and people having lots and lots of babies (which was the primary reason). Pop Rank: Virginia Massachusetts Pennsylvania NC Maryland 2. What were the main non-English groups that settled in the colonies? Africans (20%), Scots-Irish (7%), Pennsylvania-Dutch (6%) 3. What sorts of contributions did the Scots-Irish bring? (see “Makers” section too) They were westward pioneers, and helped make trails for people to follow. 4. What was the Paxton Boys uprising? A group...
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...1.What were the main causes, elements, and impact of the different approaches to colonies followed by the English, French, and Spanish? By Columbus’s discovery, Spain got a religious justification fro conquest and an army of seasoned soldiers, named conquistadores. Also, rulers in Spain developed efficient techniques for controlling new colonies. The conquistadores left a trail of destruction by attacking native villages and killed or captured the inhabitant since they preferred seeking gold and slaves to creating permanent settlements. In 1519, some Spanish soldiers landed on the coast of Mexico. Three years later, these Spanish soldier conquered Aztec empire. The three factors of Spanish victory were technological advantages, division within the Aztec empire, and disease. Later, some other Spanish soldiers conquered a richer empire, Inca empire. By 1550, Spain’s New World empire, which stretched from the Caribbean through Mexico to Peru, was administered from Spain by the Council of the Indies. The council enacted laws for the empire and supervised an elaborate bureaucracy to maintain political control and extract wealth from the land and its people. Then, two expedition went to north America to find gold and silver but they did not find any gold and silver. So Spain stopped to extend its empire and just maintained two precarious footholds in north of Mexico. By a large number of gold and silver flowing into Spain, it became the richest and most powerful state in Europe. However...
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...French and Indian war DBQ Essay The French and Indian war was fought to end conflict in America. When it ended it might have appeared that the relations between Great Britain and the English colonists in America would now be put more firmly than ever. They both fought together in a war against the French and its Indian allies, and won very important victories that would allow them to expand the size of the British Empire; but at the end of the war it would alter the relationship between them. As a result of the French and Indian war the relations between Britain and its American colonies were altered in many ways, politically, economic and ideologically. Even though the British and the American colonists had many amazing victories against the French and its Indian allies and was therefore going to bring good to the colonies, but it actually did the opposite. This war altered the economical relations between American colonists and Britain. It was very costly for Britain, even if it brought to its power more land and power, and to cover the costs something had to be done to do so. British of course had to do something to get money to pay its huge war debt and it started directly taxing the colonist, it was doing so by passing several acts.(doc. F). To do so, Britain started passing several acts that made American colonists angry. One of those acts was the stamp act (doc G); it was a law that stated that you had to buy stamps for ships’ papers and legal documents. A lot of people...
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...What led the colonies to come together Point 1 The railways helped move people and goods farther away and faster than other transportation methods at the time. Point2 Britain said that they no longer had the need to trade with British North America. Britain was British North America’s main trading partner so when they left, BNA had to find another trading partner. Point3 The British government got rid of preferential tariffs in British North America so they no longer had taxes on imported or exported goods. Point4 British North America joined together so that the amount of fear of being attacked decreased. road to confederation Point1 Political deadlock played a major role in the difficulties of starting confederation. When all...
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...technology helped create a situation in which it was possible for the colonies to not only separate from the empire but create a functioning government to take the place of the one from which they had separated. Economically, the colonies and England were extremely close. The colonies provided a source of raw materials for the Empire as well as a marketplace to sell goods produced by...
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...The Iroquois Confederacy was formed by the Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca, Mohawk, and Cayuga tribes between 1570-1600. According to Iroquois legends, Hiawatha, the Mohawk chief, along with Deganawida, a Huron, convinced the chiefs of other tribes to make peace. The only way to keep peace between the different nations was to make them become one nation and give them similar goals. Those goals included improving trade relations, capturing land, become more resilient to invasions from other nations and tribes, and share their agricultural advances with each other. As far as being successful at achieving those goals, they were able to achieve them all. For example, they improved their trade relations when they became heavily involved with trade...
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...The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation. Most of the delegates at the constitutional convention had already risked being hanged as traitors by the British. There was no surprise that they worried about their states' reactions to their decision to abandon the articles of confederation and create a whole new document. Persuading the states to accept the Constitution was just as difficult as the delegated had predicted. It took two years for all thirteen states to ratify it, but their creation was a blueprint for a new kind of government. A government based on foundations that include both philosophical...
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...brought on by the growth and development of the colonies, and by the aggravation of a breakdown in the political and economic harmony that existed between the colonies and their mother country. America was a revolution force from the day of its discovery. The American Revolution was not the same thing as the American War of Independence. The war itself lasted only eight years, but the Revolution lasted over a century and a half and begun when the first permanent English settlers set foot on the new continent. Insurrection of thought usually precedes insurrection of deed. Over the years such ferment had occurred in the thinking of the colonists that the Revolution was partially completed in their minds before the first shot was fire or musketball began to fly. The American Revolution had its beginnings in the French and Indian war. For seven years, Britain battled the French and Indian nations in the colonies. Where the colonies militia fought beside the troops of the British army and learned war first hand. After winning the war, Britain had a huge debt to pay. To pay these expenses, George Grenville, who was secretary of Treasury in England, came up with a plan. He reasoned that the debt should be paid by taxing the colonies. After all the war had been fought to protect their land, that is the land of the Ohio River Valley. However, even before the French and Indian War had ended the political harmony that was once between the colonies and the British was already being broken down...
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