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All three European Nations had settlements but only England’s really prospered in North America. The Spanish founded New Mexico in 1609 and Sante Fe in 1610 in North America. Their downfall came when they tried to convert the Indians to there Christian beliefs which provoked the Indians to make an up rise in 1680 where they destroyed the churches and killed many of the Spanish settlers. It took them over a century to regain any land in North America. The French leader Samuel de Champlain or the “Father of New France” established Quebec, in 1608. Later, Montreal, Louisiana, and New Orleans were founded. The governments of these establishments was controlled by the crown and was highly autocratic. These French territories would later become territory of the English due to
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Unlike the French and Spanish, England founded many colonies that would never be destroyed or taken by another Nations.
England's settlements, economy/government, and military victories all helped to win the struggle with Spain and France for the New World. The peace settlement at Paris in 1763 concluded that French power was no longer in North America. The French and Indian war in 1759 ended the struggle over North America between the Nations and gave England complete power. England also put up a buffer state known as Georgia which would protect the Northern colonies from Spanish attackers. This is why England succeeded in the struggle for North America. Rice was an important crop in the south for the Englanders also. They would plant the tobacco before they would even grow food for them to eat, this shows the drive for making money. Without these three ideas, England would never have been able to gain the right to rule over North America. The English economy boomed by the enormous production of their money making crop, tobacco, which demanded the use of fresh laborers (slaves). England’s economy was a great way to make money and maintain their land at the same time.
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