The Spanish, the Dutch, the French, and the English all practiced mercantilism. A term meaning that the world's wealth was finite and that only one nation could grow rich if another one failed. A nation had to extract more gold from a foreign land and export as little as possible to other na...

The Spanish government did not form successful colonies in the New World because of their obstinate desire to convert Native Americans to Christianity and their vain hunt for gold and riches. Many explorers from Spain embarked to the New World specifically to find gold and become rich. They robbed...

During this era there was much development in the world of slavery. It first started when the Portugese started importing slaves from Africa. The Africans were treated as slaves mainly because of their skin color. England was the first country to bring slavery over to North America. It was a ...

In order to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of Spanish American governance, it is necessary to examine Spain's record as an imperial power in the period between 1500 and 1650 when the Spanish empire came under threat from the Northern Europeans. The first few discoveries of new territories ...

Spanish Plan for Colonization When the Spanish decided that they were going to colonize various parts of Texas they did not realize the task they had before them. The Spanish's main goal was to convert the Indians into Christians or Spaniards. They decided to build missions to teach the...

Property and Power: The Colonization of a New World Christopher Columbus' discovery of a new world in 1492 led to a power struggle of enormous proportions throughout Europe over the next three hundred years. The taking of land and the treatment of its native peoples would define this ...

In 1532 the Spanish soldier and adventurer, Francisco Pizarro, conquered the Inca Empire, creating a catalyst for the creation of a new colonial society. Steve Stern discusses the manner in which the indigenous peoples of Huamanga met the challenge of European conquest in his piece entitled, \"Peru\...

Democracy In The ColoniesDemocracy existed in the colonies in the New World even at the very beginning. However some colonies were more democratic than others. The major ideas of democracy like freedom of religion, speech, free market and human rights came to the New World with the first colonists, ...

The Philippines can be seen as an abboration in relation to other Asian countries. Early on in its history it was subject to colonial rule by the Spanish. The Spanish introduced Spanish culture and Roman Catholicism to the Philippines. The period of long colonial rule also produced a culture tha...

When Columbus's second voyage departed from Cadiz on September 25, 1493, there was little doubt that the seventeen ships and 1500 men were an intimidating sight. Throughout the letter from Michele da Cuneo to Hieronymo Annari, one of the main themes that we repeatedly see is the Europeans usin...

Christopher Columbus, (Christóbal Colón), was originally believed to be the son of a Genoese weaver who grew up in poverty and rose to a position of honor in Renaissance society. Recent discoveries about Columbus's life lead us to believe that he was not Italian but rather from Barcel...

Many times throughout history, specific events occur that explain why the existence of Native Americans are necessary for the Spanish and English colonists to survive. The Native Americans were like parents to the Spanish and English colonists. As a newborn baby is introduced to the new world, alike...

Native AmericansMany times throughout history, specific events occur that explain why the existence of Native Americans are necessary for the Spanish and English colonists to survive. The Native Americans were like parents to the Spanish and English colonists. As a newborn baby is introduced to the ...

Roles and Choices of Women Throughout history, women have been forced into a subservient role, forced to abandon their own self-interest for the interest of men. Confined to the private sector of social life, women have had two choices, to follow the path of marriage or the path of serving their g...

Bounded Lives, Bounded Places Free Black Society in Colonial New Orleans The role of slaves in the Old South was always marked as one of servitude towards the master. Lives were spent with a master, with generation after generation of blacks serving their white masters. Some were fortunate ...

Though they were all designed for the purpose of establishing and controlling massive colonization, the imperial systems of France, Spain, and England in the 16th and 17th centuries were vastly different. There were many reasons for these differences. These reasons range from the philosophy of the c...

Warfare: An American Dynasty What is an American? Furthermore, what makes an early American? Early Americans included, obviously, people of British decent that traveled here to colonize and start what we now know as America. But also, the term early American refers to French and Spanish colonist...

During the era known as the Age of Royal Absolutism, many European countries began to look more outside of the realm of their own country. They turned to imperialism in order to gain wealth and power. England, the Dutch Netherlands, France, and Spain competed in North America, Africa, India, and m...

The Success of England and Spain in the Colonization of the New WorldThe success in the colonization of the New World (America) depended of many factors such as the treatment of the natives, the Church, methods of government, the support of the colonists, the role of religion, and also the condition...

Europeans had high expectations as they begun to explore the Atlantic. They were of course initially searching for the shortcut to find India. All of the European nation, namely Spain and Portugal, were trying to put their own stake on the route to India. They knew that once they found the mag...

“Are These Not Also Men?”In 1511, Fray Antonio Montesinos spoke the words, “Are these not also men?” His famous quote was a response to the mistreatment of the indigenous peoples that inhabited the Americas, by the conquering Spanish. Immediately upon discovering and coloni...

Attitudes and motives of imperialism in The Mission Colonialism- Inhabiting a colony or colonies. Colonialism has occurred in past history in different main events that effects how we live today. This is what occurs in the movie The Mission. The Mission publicizes the attitude towards colonial p...

Violence In Selected writings, Marti wants to use violence to gain independence from Spaniards in Cuba. On the other hand, in the wretched of the Earth, Fanon sees violence as a mean whether for colonization or decolonization. Marti emphasizes that using violence to get rid of Spanish colonizat...

Father Gabriel is a Jesuit priest who enters the South American rainforest with the intention of building a Christian mission. His challenging task is the conversion of a small tribe of native Amazon Indians called the Guarani. Gaining their trust, Father Gabriel is able to teach his new friends abo...

Were it not for the oversights, mistakes, and misjudgments of British leadership, the American colonies would still be territory of Great Britain. Parliament had the power to declare the colonies exempt from taxation, increased colonial dependency on Britain, or given the colonies a form of governme...