Colonizing Experiences in North America during the 16^th and 17^th centuries

Nationality	Economic Goals and Funding	Cultural/Religious Goals (Did they have rel. goals? what were they?)	Interactions with Natives/Organization and Strength of Natives	Methods of Land Distribution (did they have small settlements or large land grants to individuals?	How the Land and Climate Affected Economics (Did they trade b/c they couldn’t farm or go big on farming?)
Spanish			Faced significant resistance in FL and NM from small and mid-sized tribes Developed a mil. and missionary strategy Enslaved Indian labor, Encomienda system Forced Sp. customs on Natives, caste system Popé’s Rebellion/Pueblo Revolt Columbian Exchange		Arid SW undermined agric. prospects Isolated trading posts were unable to turn into sources of eco. return
French			Great Lakes Natives: Iroquois, Huron, and Algonquian, were constantly at war with each other, fighting over fur trade with French Introduced disease Coureurs de bois, lived with Natives and learned culture Converted many Introduced disease	Occupied small settlements amid vast areas that they claimed
Dutch	Estab. trading relations with Natives control a sphere of trade in order to acquire wealth Funded by private companies	Little interest in rel conversion Perhaps the difference is related to the Protestant and Catholic approaches to sin and salvation	Seized land from Algonquin which led to wars
English	Find wealth estab. outposts to prey on Sp. shipping develop trade with natives Then immigrants came to settle and farm the land to acquire wealth while creating col. outpost Funded by private companies		.	Divided into smaller plots of land held by many people In MD – In VA – In New Eng. –	Temperate coastal climate supported agric. Lack of mineral resources and forests precluded other means of eco. return