Culture clashes

Culture clashesExchangesTransference of Political,

Social, and Economic Institutions

ExchangesLanguageOwnership of LandReligionFlora and Fauna

ExchangesTechnology and MilitaryTradeDepopulation and

Repopulation

LanguageLanguage added new root

words for new discoveries

Ownership of LandNative Americans, as a

whole, did not believe in the ownership of land

ReligionEuropeans: God is

personifiedNative Americans:

God(s) is in nature

ReligionHernando Cortes and

Tenochtitlan

Flora and FaunaDiscovery sets off frenzy

to acquire new products, changes science in Europe

Technology and Military

European arrival sets off frenzy to acquire new technology for power among Native Americans

Technology and Military

Spanish race PortugueseTreaty of Tordesillas

Spanish race Dutch and French

Technology and Military-2

Spanish race EnglishSea Dogs, Sir Francis Drake, Elizabeth Sir Humphrey Gilbert and his half-brother

Spanish Armada

TradeColumbian ExchangeUltra-Wealthy SpainLong-Term England

Depopulation and RepopulationWithin 5 years, 85% of

all Native Americans disappeared, many lands completely depopulated

Depopulation and RepopulationLeft open area for

African slaves to work plantations and Europeans to have large estates (impossible in Europe)

Transference of Political, Social, and Economic InstitutionsSpain in Southwest North

AmericaDutch in New York

Transference of Political, Social, and Economic Institutions-2French in St. Lawrence

and Mississippi ValleyGreat Britain on the

North American Coast

Spain in Southwest North AmericaSpain sought gold and riches

and to Catholicize the new world

When riches ran out, left a mission, claimed the area, and moved elsewhere

Dutch in New YorkNew Netherlands

New AmsterdamManhattan Island

Furs and Trade

French in St. Lawrence and Mississippi ValleyFurs and Trade Network along

MississippiNew Orleans and QuebecPartnered with Natives

Great Britain on the North American CoastJamestown and PlymouthThe New England ColoniesThe Southern ColoniesThe Middle Colonies

Jamestown1607-John Smith

After 3 earlier failed attempts in NC

“Don’t Work, Don’t Eat”Long-TermMassive casualties

Jamestown-2Jamestown Tobacco

made England richPowhatan tolerated

English until they moved westward

Plymouth1620-PilgrimsCame to America via

AmsterdamWilliam Bradford-Gov.

Plymouth-2Myles Standish-Indian Wars102 passengers wanted to

finish the ReformationMayflower Compact

Puritans Leaders were highly trained

scholarsMassachusetts BayEmphasize religion,

education

Puritans-2City on a HillNew JerusalemGod’s ElectChurch and State are One

The SouthMoney-Based, aristocratic,

westward-expandingVirginia-Royal ColonyCarolina-Lord ProprietorsGeorgia-Penal colony

The Middle ColoniesMarylandPennsylvaniaNew YorkNew Jersey

All focused on trade with the Natives, rather

than brute force