Compare and Contrast the Different Colonial Areas in North America By

Compare and Contrast the Different Colonial Areas in North America By

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Compare and Contrast the Different Colonial Areas in North America By 1700

Colonization in North America before 1700 was a scramble by mainly England, French and Spanish. Each of these colonists had different interests and were ruled by various leaders. The French and Spanish were under the Crown while the English people were under the royal house of England.

The dominant colonial areas for the Britons were Virginia, Massachusetts, Maine, and Georgia. The French colonies were St. Lawrence Valley, Canada, and the Mississippi River. The Spanish were mainly on the southern and some parts of California, Florida, and Santa Fe. In Virginia and Massachusetts and Virginia, the economic activities primarily consisted of farming, fishing, and trading while in Canada and St. Lawrence’s fur trade and plantations of Mississippi valley.

The first British colonists arrived in North America on the 20^th of December 1606.  Most of the colonies were acquired through trade, where the colonists conducted farming activities, especially along the valleys of the lakes and the Mississippi River. The Native Americans were mainly in the Great Plains, the great lakes, Virginia and along Mississippi River.

The Britons initially relied heavily on the Native Americans for food and trade. Greed later led to war as the English people wanted to take over. The Spanish people, who were Christians, saw the Native Americans as heathens and therefore, should be transformed while soldiers killed them or subjected them to subjugation. By the years 1672, Canada had more than 40 000 population of foreigners.

The French people forged many alliances with the Native Americans to fight against the wars, especially in Virginia. The Spanish people used the Indians who were at the Mississippi as slaves to work in the plantation. Most of the colonies in the coastal lowlands and bays and harbors, which facilitated the trading activities.