The English were escaping violence and death from the old world. During this time England was separating from the Catholic Church and eventually established the Church of England; many laws enforced by Henry VII made it a crime being Catholic or any other religion. The English Settlement was very individualistic while the Spanish was about “saving the people”. The crown funded the Spanish settlements and they did not send people to populate, they would send military and religious people. It was also interesting that in the Spanish colonies social inclusion was something common and there were free slaves; while in the English colonies, being a person of color was seen as something bad. However in the Spanish colonies there was political exclusion; Only the Spanish were able to have a place within the government. In the English colonies, the ideas of Common Law and democracy were ideas/practices from the
The English were escaping violence and death from the old world. During this time England was separating from the Catholic Church and eventually established the Church of England; many laws enforced by Henry VII made it a crime being Catholic or any other religion. The English Settlement was very individualistic while the Spanish was about “saving the people”. The crown funded the Spanish settlements and they did not send people to populate, they would send military and religious people. It was also interesting that in the Spanish colonies social inclusion was something common and there were free slaves; while in the English colonies, being a person of color was seen as something bad. However in the Spanish colonies there was political exclusion; Only the Spanish were able to have a place within the government. In the English colonies, the ideas of Common Law and democracy were ideas/practices from the