Comparison of Spanish and British Colonization
Uploaded by tyson_626 on Feb 02, 2005
Colonies in America
[i:bcb96a7018]Compare the Spanish and British Colonization[/i:bcb96a7018]
In 1492 the colonization begun with the arrival of Christopher Columbus to one of the Caribbean island, the Spanish people wanted to find China to get an cultural exchange but instead they found a unknown land fill of people that received them with arms wide open, the Spanish were fascinated with the prosperous of their land, and the Indians were surprised as well with their enormous ships. But the Spanish had different plans besides the cultural and friendship exchange, they were ambitious people and as soon they had the opportunity to take over them they just did it. The Spanish were violent, determined and religious people and what they wanted from the new word was gold, as simple as that. They had a real beg army and they wanted to ruled and settled down in order to find gold an make their country more rich and powerful. By the other hand there also exist another civilization that wanted something, England. The English get to the new world by their will it was not by a king or queen request like the Spanish. There were various reasons why the American Colonies were established. The three most important themes of English colonization of America were religion, economics, and government. The most important reasons for colonization were to seek refuge, religious freedom, and economic opportunity. To a less important point, the colonists wanted to establish a stable and progressive government.
The Indians never known dieses until the Spanish brought it. They were a very healthy and incredible intelligent people they had enormous sort of empires and their respect for the land were unique, they like hard work and their most precious treasure was the corn, because the corn was the basic ingredient for their food.
The Spanish used the Indians for cultivate their land. The Indians were a very intelligent civilization they had corn and spices that the Spanish took over very soon, by force. The Indians never had the chance to defend their territory; they fought against gun, cannons and a real big army.
The Spanish were seeking for gold that was the most important reason for their colonist, and they used every way to get it, that by the way was the violence they got everything they wanted killing Indians and they kill every Indian on their way. The problem was that they could not found...