The Invasion and Settlement of the New

World

The Devastation of the native American Population

• There were 50,000,000 Native Americans around 1492 by most estimations, by 1700, only 20% of the number existed.

• Disease?

• Harsh treatment by Europeans

• Had the population started a decline before the Europeans?

The Spanish Invasion

• Driven by three items

–God

–Gold

–Glory

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Conversion of the Natives

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Mission System

• Convert the Natives

• Teach Agriculture and trades

• Presidio – protection of the missions

• Civil settlement

First Settlements

• St. Augustine , Florida 1565

• Santa Fe, New Mexico 1610

New France

• Furs

• Souls

• French settlers feared the harsh climates

• Fewer than 16,000 settlers after 100 years of settlement.

The DutchThe Dutch empire

– Establishment and scope of– Place within Dutch commercial empire– Conceptions of liberty and toleration– Social and economic arrangements– Limits of growth– Relations with Indians

The Dutch

• The Fur Trade• Founded the cities of New

Amsterdam (New York City) and Ft. Orange (Albany)

• Lost colony to the British in 1664