1. Colonizing Experiences in North America during the 16th and 17th centuries
Nationality Economic Cultural/Relig Interactions with Methods of How the
Goals and ious Goals Natives/Organizat Land Land and
Funding (Did they have ion and Strength Distribution Climate
rel. goals? of Natives (did they have Affected
what were small Economics
they?) settlements or (Did they
large land trade b/c they
grants to couldn’t
individuals? farm or go
big on
farming?)
Faced significant Arid SW
Spanish resistance in FL and undermined
NM from small and agric. prospects
mid-sized tribes
Isolated trading
Developed a mil. and posts were
missionary strategy unable to turn
into sources of
Enslaved Indian eco. return
labor, Encomienda
system
Forced Sp. customs
on Natives, caste
system
Popé’s
Rebellion/Pueblo
Revolt
Columbian
Exchange
Great Lakes Natives: Occupied small
French Iroquois, Huron, and settlements amid
Algonquian, were vast areas that
constantly at war they claimed
with each other,
fighting over fur
trade with French
Introduced disease
Coureurs de bois,
lived with Natives
and learned culture

2. Converted many
Introduced disease
Estab. trading Little interest in Seized land from
Dutch relations with rel conversion Algonquin which led
Natives to wars
control a sphere of
trade in order to Perhaps the
acquire wealth difference is
related to the
Protestant and
Catholic
Funded by private approaches to
companies sin and salvation
Find wealth . Divided into Temperate
English smaller plots of coastal climate
estab. outposts to land held by supported agric.
prey on Sp. many people
shipping
In MD –
develop trade with Lack of mineral
natives resources and
forests
Then immigrants In VA – precluded other
came to settle and means of eco.
farm the land to return
acquire wealth
while creating col.
outpost
In New Eng. –
Funded by private
companies