Spanish

relationship with natives

labor in exchange for protection and souls

society of exclusion
unmerciful
-many worked to death
-raped, beaten, murdered
Late 16th century- Spain most ppowerful empire
econmiendas
-protection for labor
-explotation
Conquest textbook
cultural influence is still felt by
second group to colonize are French
french settlement, st. lawrence river empties into atlantic, french crescenet
behind the applechian mountains
1530s 1534
very few, only 5,000 in north american hemisphere, mostly because of goals
relationship w/ native americans= society of inclusion
french were for the most part willing to enter into relationships of partnership
with indians in general, learn the language, very few other political powers wo
uld do this
not bc nice or advanced but bc they were dependent on indants
a) wouldn't have survived w/o them b) they were here for commerce (the fur trade
)
not strong, jesuits- christianity as a supplement, no forced conversion, get cor
ner on beaver belt/ fur market bc of alliance system w/ indians; friendlier rela
tionship
trade, highly profitable-problems
: overhunting, environmental problems, intertribal warfare over resources
-dependent on very thing that threatened them the most, the europeans, couldn't
"kick" their dependenc, like needles and thread, lose skills they'd had for thou

sands of years (needle and thread versus raw hide)

sealed their fate
The English, The Great Virus
distinctly their own; predicated on goal: land
they want land
spanish: gold and souls
french: fur
english are otherwise here to stay:
PART TWO
The English
In "new world" are; changing their stars, live better do better for themselves a
nd family, to get land to change their stars (land in england was already all ow
ned)

spanish wanted american indians for labor and souls

france wanted indians for alliance
english: society of exclusion, only wanted assimilation or extermination (the mo
st offered to american indians)
regional development: 3 regions
new england region
chesapeake region
different from the beginning: Main 2 issues t
1) -direct development, initial founding - goals
chesapeake: profit
new england: religion
2) Topography/Climate (direct development?)
new england: centered on commerce, trading, slavery not to extent of south
chesapeake: no forests, so agregarian, cash crops; lots of slaves
Chesapeake: 1st Settlements
Roanoke-1585 chief of wingina
-1587-tried again
-King James 1 1607Virginia Company
34th-35th parallel

?
-Jamestown, 1607-08
-Gold, Silver, Asia, (a cure for Syphilis)
-1612, Tobacco, first cash crop out of north america
was previously too extreme for englishmna, diluted form
never had a physical adult relationship, she was 12
myth: disney, john smith
-initial disarray
powhatan confederacy
-Back to england
things fall apart
powhatan bc he thought he could get trade and resources and allies out of it
no written language, engaged in ceremonies
smith was never in any danger, pochahantas becomes daughter, smith pisses a lot
of people off
-1609
"starving time"
500 settlers, only 60 live (executed for digging up peopple and eating them
-executed, fled
1610
Gates
Gov Thomas West
-300+
1610-1614 First Indian Wars
=Powhatan Confederacy
-24,000 Algonquian INdians
:peace
-pocahontas was captured, forced to divorce husband and marry
opechancanough (brother)
English- tobacco
-London Company
_Not the end of fighting
-Shifting
-Internal Fighting
PART 3

Chesapeake Region
Jamestown, Virginia
Whose
3 groups, Chesapeake
money makers, lot of money who go to colonies for more money, want most pwoer an
d control
2nd sons from barbados, white English immigrants have lots of sons (first son in
herits everything, mostly everything, so islands become overpopulated w/ second
and third sons, so look to North America, bring slaves system to carolina))
slavery will develop one law at a time in the colonies
carolinas, slavery is transplanted from carribean
vast majority aren't in any of these two groups, they're indentured servants
mostly men (some women); important because ???? TO CHANGE THEIR STARS
3/4 of english are indentured servants
couldn't pay, paid by somebody will hire them
indentured servant has to work until they pay their debt
Bacon's Rebellion- Civil War in Virginia, Indentured Servants
Chesapeake region's economic structure built on agriculture
Judged by land you own, the more land you own the more slaves you have and the m
ore crops you can bring in
cash crops are land-intensive and labor intensive
Religion is not a huge deal in the south; yes they pay lip service and are chris
tians, the center of life is not based on relgiion but money
In New England/ North; settled by Puritans, myth that religious freedom meant re
ligious tolerance; puritans were ANYTHING BUT tolerant of other religions; initi
ally settled by puritans, but was economically successful
(puritans lay foundation for political social and economic structure, doesn't la
st long but over 20,000 puritans move to new england region in 1630s
By 1675 50,000 english in region, only 20,000 puritans; puritan influence is a l
ittle diluted
1675 People attracted not by Puritan idealism and ideas but economy opportunitie
s, trade jobs
New England, Trading Center (through civil war and reconstruction too)
Why are puritans important if they lose influence so quickly?

New England: initially all about religion, faith and salvation and practicing ow
n religion (but not allowing others to do that): becomes more economically diver
sified, but doesn't develop large-scaled dependance on slavery
commerce and trade, seaports
south: joint stock companies, populated by english poor and indentured servants
very little infrastructural development and diversification