Table of Contents
- 1 What were the different reasons the Spanish French and British used to colonize the Americas?
- 2 What was the major difference between French and English colonization?
- 3 What was one of the differences between the British and Spanish empires in the Americas?
- 4 Which of the following was a major difference between the Spanish colonies in the Americas in the 1500s and the English colonies in the Americas in the early 1600s?
- 5 What was the significant differences between English and Spanish colonies?
- 6 How were the British colonies different from the French and Spanish?
- 7 What were the Spanish and British colonization efforts in North America?
- 8 What did the French and the Spanish have in common?
What were the different reasons the Spanish French and British used to colonize the Americas?
They ended up colonizing North America for different economic reasons. Spain colonized America because they were searching for gold and silver. They did find a lot of gold and silver when they conquered the Aztec and Inca Empires. France colonized North America because of the great amount of furs they found there.
What was the major difference between French and English colonization?
According to this view, French colonial administration was very centralized and based on assimilation of colonial territories with France, while British colonial administration was much more decentralized, based upon cooperation with local chiefs.
What were some of the differences and similarities between French Spanish and English colonization?
France and Spain, for instance, were governed by autocratic sovereigns whose rule was absolute; their colonists went to America as servants of the Crown. The English colonists, on the other hand, enjoyed far more freedom and were able to govern themselves as long as they followed English law and were loyal to the king.
What was one of the differences between the British and Spanish empires in the Americas?
The Spanish established the “encomienda system,” whereas the English were “forcing the Native Americans out of the land they conqured [sic].” While the Spanish used them for slave labor, the English instead focused on imported indentured servants and enslaved Africans.
Which of the following was a major difference between the Spanish colonies in the Americas in the 1500s and the English colonies in the Americas in the early 1600s?
2.2 – Which of the following was a major difference between the Spanish colonies in the Americas in the 1500s and the English colonies in the Americas in the early 1600s? The Spanish rejected assimilating American Indians into their culture, while the English favored assimilation.
How were English and Spanish colonial systems different?
What was the key difference between the English and Spanish colonial systems? The English efforts were private, and the Spanish colonies were supported by the Crown. Colonization threatened the English alliance with Spain.
What was the significant differences between English and Spanish colonies?
Spanish developed extractive industries in precious metals, whereas English were more likely to establish economies based on trade. More royal control over Spanish colonies than English because English were settled to escape political and religious persecution.
How were the British colonies different from the French and Spanish?
The British colonies were developed economically as compared to French and Spanish colonies. The French colonies were sparsely populated. They were mainly used to promote trade with the Indians for fur. The English and French colonies were densely populated, and the citizens were more civilized.
What are the similarities and differences between Spain France and England?
Spain spread religion, searched for gold and obtained land. The French created huge trading posts, sold fur hats, and obtained much of Canada. England colonized many places, made peace with the Spanish, and overall covered a lot of ground. Together these three countries were so much apart, so different, yet so much alike.
What were the Spanish and British colonization efforts in North America?
Compare and contrast Spanish and British colonization efforts in North America prior to 1763. Prior to 1763, both Spanish and British colonization efforts expanded into various regions of North America. In less than a century, from 1625 to 1700, the movements of peoples and goods from Europe to North America transformed the continent.
What did the French and the Spanish have in common?
Something the French and Spanish definitely had in common was that they didn’t like each other. They went into war over land rights and even when the French tried to recover by colonizing Jacksonville, Florida, the Spanish soon ended that as well.
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