The Spanish, French, and British conquests for the “New World” shaped the world into what it is today. The conquests that occurred are fairly the same time in history, for similar reasons, their storylines are different from one another immensely. The Spanish government has had a great influence on the shaping of the United States and Great Britain’s government, however not as great of an influence on democracy. The text will talk about comparing and contrasting the Spanish, French and the British. on the “New World.”
At the time, the French and Spanish had crossed the Atlantic Ocean and entered the “New World” as servants of the crown, which were governed by sovereigns. However, the English colonists were free to govern themselves as long as they obeyed British law under parliament and remained loyal to the king. When referring to English migration as the “New World,” their strong motive for English colonists’ actions was freedom of religion. At the time, the British were facing much religious conflict with their borders, knowing the English were going into a Civil War. On one side were supporters of the king (Charles I) and on the other were supporters of Parliament that was led by Oliver Cromwell. Between 1642 and 1651 supporters of Parliament and the monarchy fought for control of England. The dangerous religious conflict and fear was
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The inherited belief that slavery was essential to one’s success had always been present in the “New World,” but did not begin until the year 1619, when a cash crop known as “uppowoc,” or tobacco, occurred in Jamestown, Virginia. Slavery was not much of a large aspect of the society until tobacco producers, who were in need of a larger labor force, began to emerge. Indentured servants became the first means to meet this need for labor who exchanged several years of labor, the cost of passage to America and an eventual grant of land fifty