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1. HownwerenSpanish,nFrench,nandnDutchncolonialnstrategiesnsimilar?nHowndidntheyndiffer?nI
nnwhatnwaysnwerenthensimilaritiesnandndifferencesnreflectedninnthennations'nsettlementsninnth
enNewnWorld?
2. ExplainnwhyntherenwerennonmajornwitchcraftnscaresninnthenChesapeakencoloniesnandnnonu
prisingnlikenBacon'snRebellionninnNewnEngland.nConsidernthenpossiblensocial,neconomi
c,nandnreligiousncausesnofnbothnphenomena.
3. WhatnfactorsnaccountnfornthensuccessnofnthenPuritansninnestablishingnannorderednsocietyninn
NewnEngland?
4. WhatnwerenthenmajornsocialnandnenvironmentalndevelopmentsnthatnmadenAmericanannewn
worldnfornbothnEuropeansnandnIndians?
5. WhatnwerenthenfactorsnthatnspurrednpeoplentonleavenEnglandnfornthenAmericanncoloniesninnt
henseventeenthncentury?nWhichnfactorsninfluencedntheirndecisionsnaboutnwherentonsettleninn
thenBritishnNorthnAmericanncolonies?
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1. Answernwouldnideallyninclude:
- SpanishnColonialnStrategiesnandnSettlements:nSpain'snconquestnofnthenAztecnandnInc
anempiresnshapednitsnapproachntonsettlementninnthenNewnWorld.nSpanishncolonizersnusednt
henexistingnsystemsnofntributenandnlaborndisciplinenbyngrantingnencomiendasntonthenleadin
gnconquistadors.nThesenleadersnco-
optednthenindigenousnmitansystemntoncoercenIndiannlaborersntonservenSpain.nConsequently
,nthengoldnandnsilvernwealthnofnthenIncanandnAztecnsocietiesnpourednintonSpanishncoffers.nS
panishnmonarchsnandnconquistadorsnalsontransferredntheirninstitutions—
municipalncouncils,nlegalncodes,nthenCatholicnChurch—
tonthenNewnWorldninnorderntoncontrolnthenpeoplenandnterritorynthere.nThenarrivalnofnSpanis
hnmennandnAfricansncreatednannewnsocietyninnwhichnracialnmixturenwasncommon,nandnansy
stemnofncomplexnracialncategoriesndeveloped.nSpanishnpriestsnsuppressednindigenousnreli
giousnceremoniesnandnconvertednnativesntonChristianity.
- FrenchnColonialnStrategiesnandnSettlements:nThenFrenchnfocusednonnfurntradingnandn
Catholicnmissionarynactivitynamongnthennativenpopulation.nAlthoughnNewnFrancenbecame
nancenternfornfurntradingnandnmissionarynwork,nitnlanguishednasnansettlementnuntiln1662,nwh
ennKingnLouisnXIVnmadenitnanroyalncolonynandnsubsidizednthenmigrationnofnindenturednser
vants,nwhonwerenrequiredntonlabornfornthreenyearsninnexchangenfornansalary.nThenpopulationn
remainednsmall,nbutnNewnFrance'snpossessionsnwerenexpansive.nNewnOrleansnandnsettlem
entsnaroundnthenGreatnLakesnultimatelynservednasnhomentonFrenchnmerchants,nsoldiers,nan
dnmissionariesnwhontradednwithnandnsometimesnintermarriednwithnIndians.
- DutchnColonialnStrategiesnandnSettlements:nDutchnsettlementnfocusednonnNewnNeth
erlandn(nownNewnYork)nandnNewnAmsterdamn(nownManhattan).nThencolonyndidnnotnthri
ve,nhowever,nbecausenitsnpopulationnwasntoonsmall.nMuchnofnthenterritorynwasngrantednasn
largenestatesnalongnthenHudsonnRiver,nbutnthesendidnnotnattractnDutchnsettlers.nNewnNether
landnflourishednasnanfur-
tradingnenterprise.nConflictsnwithnIndiansninnthenseventeenthncenturynultimatelynlednthenD
utchntonfocusnmorenonnsugarnplantationsninnBrazil.
- Similarities:nAllnacquirednnewnterritoriesnfornnation,nmonarch,npersonalnfortune,nandn
Christianity.nTheynjustifiedntakeoversninnreligiousnandneconomicnterms.nTheyntradednwithnt
hennativenpopulationsnofnthenAmericas.nFornallngroups,ncolonizationnwasnanprocessnofnexpe
rimentationnandnadaptationnthatnrequirednpolitical,nsocial,nandnculturalninnovations.nThenpr
ocessesnofntransformationnledntonexternalnandninternalncrisesninneachnregion.
- Differences:nThenSpanishnandnDutchnemphasizednconquest,nthoughnthenDutchnarri
vednasntradersnrathernthannmercenariesnlikenthenconquistadores.nThenFrenchnandnSpanis
hnusednmissionsnandnreligionnasntoolsnforncolonizingnnativenpopulationsnandnacquiringnr
esources.nThenSpanishnandnFrenchnutilizednIndiansnasnsocialnagentsnofncolonization,nw
hilenthenDutchnwereninterestednonlyninntradenwithnIndians.nThenDutchncreatednansmall,nc
ommerciallynbasedncolonyncomparedntonmuchnlargernterritorialnunits
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controllednbynSpainnandnFrance.
2. Answernwouldnideallyninclude:
- Witchcraft:nTherenwerennonwitchcraftnscaresninnthenChesapeakencoloniesnmainlynbeca
usenofnthenlacknofnstrongnfamilynformation,nthendevelopmentnofntownsnandncities,nandnthenab
sencenofnpowerfulnandninfluentialnreligiousninstitutions.nAnhighndeathnratenandnanlowernpop
ulationnofnwomennledntonanmale-
orientednandnorphanncolonynbasednmorenonnsecularneconomicnpursuitsnthannreligiousnmoti
vations.nWithoutnthenfocusnonnreligion,nwhichnmotivatednNewnEngland'snwitchcraftnscares,
nconflictnandndissentntooknothernforms.
- Uprisings:nNonuprisingsnlikenBacon'snRebellionnoccurredninnNewnEnglandnmainlynbe
causenofnthenstablennaturenofnfamilynformationnthere,nasnwellnasnanhealthiernclimatenandnthen
existencenofnenoughnlandnfornsonsnandndaughtersntonmaintainntheirnindependence.nInnVirgi
nia,nduentonthensurplusnofnlandlessnlaborersnandnindenturednservants,nlandnwasnmorenscarcen
andncouldnnotnprovidenprosperityntonthenlowernclasses,nleadingntonrebellion.nThenstrongnco
ntrolnofnthenPuritannchurchnandnthenimpositionnofnhierarchicalncontrolnbynlocalnchurchnaut
horitiesnoverntownsnandncongregationsnmetnwithnrelativenacceptancenbynthenPuritannpopul
ationnasnpartnofnthenpatriarchalnfamilynmodelnof
obedience;nhencentherenwerennonwidespreadnrevolts.
3. Answernwouldnideallyninclude:
- EnvironmentnandnGeography:nThencoldnclimatenofnNewnEnglandndiscouragednmos
quitoesnandnthendiseasesntheyncarried.nPuritansnsuccessfullynsubduednlocalnIndians,nwhon
mightnhavenposednannexternalnthreat.
- Religion:nAnspiritualnmissionnempowerednthenPuritansntonestablishnanstructurednchur
chnandnanstrongnmoralnordernthatnemphasizednannorganizednandnorderlynsocietyninnwhichnc
lassndifferences,nthoughnpresent,nwerenlessnapparentnthanninnothernsettlements.nReligionn
wasnthenimportantnmotivationnfornmigrationnandnsettlement;nlacknofnfocusnonnmoneynmak
ingnlimitedncompetitionnandnconflict.nWhennPuritanntheologynbecamentoondemanding,nth
enPuritansnchangednthenrulesnandnregulationsntonenablenanlargernnumbernofnpeoplentonbench
urchnmembers.
- SocialnOrganization:nThenPuritansnwerenanhomogenousngroup,nwhichnreducednthenl
ikelihoodnofnseriousntensionnandnconflict.nWhenndissentnarose,ntheynbanishednthendissent
ers.nTheynarrivedninnfamilynandncommunityngroups,ndistributingnlandnthroughntownnchart
ers.nThenPuritansnbroughtnancolonialncharternwithnthemnthatngrantednself-
rule.nThensystemnofnlandndivisionnwasncharacterizednbyninheritance,nwhichngenerallynwor
kednagainstnstratificationninnlandholdingnandnsocialnpower.
4. Answernwouldnideallyninclude:
- Disease:nOutbreaksnofnEuropeanndiseases,nsuchnasnsmallpox,nmeasles,nandninfluenza
,ndiminishednthenIndiannpopulationnandnthenabilitynofnIndiansntonresistnterritorialntakeover.n
Atnthensamentime,nEuropeansninnthenChesapeakenregionsnwerenexposedntonmosquito-
bornenillnessesnthatnwerennewnfornthemnandnkillednlargennumbersnofnsettlers.
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