Some of the world’s strongest powers today started out colonizing in America. The entire race to colonize in the new world started with Christopher Columbus’s desire to find a shorter route to India. Since then‚ Spain and Britain seized the opportunity to colonize in the new world for their countries gain or to simply start over. The English and Spanish colonies were able to flourish in the new world even though they differed in motives for colonization and social layout; yet both colonies were similar
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have chosen to discus Colonialism of North America. From the very beginning it was a race between Spain and England to see who would colonize North America. While the Spanish were first England was shown to be the ultimate victor in the race. I have chosen to focus on the colonization of the New World through England. Although there were other countries involved England was the most influential. Some of the reasons why England decided to colonize North America was for wealth‚ expanded traded‚ more
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Topic: In what ways did the French and Indian War(1754-63) alter the political‚ economic and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies? By the middle eighteenth century‚ Britain and France become two mainly powerful competitors in north America. As shown in document A‚ England controls the eastern seaboard and Hudson Bay‚ while France dominates central continent before 1754. The two countries increase tension in competing with each others. Both sides want to grab more fortunes
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OTTOMAN EMPIRE: 1.The Ottoman Empire was the Islamic world’s most important empire in the early modern period 2. long conflict (1534–1639) between Sunni Ottomans and Shia Safavids 3. the Ottoman Empire was the site of a significant cross-cultural encounter a. in Anatolia‚ most of the conquered Christians converted to Islam b. in the Balkans‚ Christian subjects mostly
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The French and Indian War‚ also known as the Seven Years War in Europe‚ played a large role in the Ideological‚ Political and Economical changes made between the British and the American Colonists. The defeat of the French in the war gave the British a bittersweet upper hand in the massive economic factors and it also gave the British a gigantic stretch of political control of the American Colonists. On top of the political and economic advances the British won‚ the war also changed the ideological
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The French and Indian war ravaged Europe from 1756 to 1763 creating a big impact to the British community. The French and the British battled over territory and wealth and after seven long years of fighting the British surrendered and the French were declared victorious. After the French won their new rules affected both North America and Britain unfolding more conflicts between the nations. These communities were modified economically‚ religiously‚ and socially making them very similar
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November 23‚2011 U.S. History 121 The Impact of the French and Indian War on Colonial America The French and Indian war was fought between Great Britain and France from 1754 to 1763. Also known as the Seven Year’s War‚ this confrontation eventually erupted into an all out worldwide conflict. Its effects were not only immediate but long term. Although the colonies were not directly tied to the war‚ it greatly impacted them as well as modern America. The war was primarily fought along the colonies
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believe that throughout the Colonial period‚ economic concerns had more to do with the settling of British North America than did religious reasons. First‚ according to my textbook‚ the British originally sponsored trips over to the New World only after other countries were profiting from their collections of goods and new trade ports. Maybe other countries in Europe had begun settling the New World for religious concerns‚ but definitely not Britain. The British government was more concerned with staying
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Spanish and English colonization efforts were very different with the English’s methods being more successful and profitable. Spanish colonization of the Americas began in 1492 when Christopher Columbus found the Americas and mistook them for India. Spanish Conquistadors came with the goals of “God‚ Gold‚ and Glory” and came seeking gold and riches. The Spanish also came with instructions to convert the natives to Catholicism. They invested in short term ventures that while initially very profitable
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The French and Indian War Zina Kelati U.S History Mr. Merral 5 November 2012 The French and Indian war affected the relationship of the British and the American colonies in almost every way; politically and economically. The British attempted to direct the colonist by putting power into the colonies and forcing 10‚000 British soldiers into American colonies. How did the French and Indian war change the relationship between Britain and its colonies in America? The French were the
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