Similarities Between Spanish And English

The similarities and differences of both the Spanish and Englishes triumphs and defeats in the new world are the basis of multiple things. They both had their failures and success , either in the beginning , end or in both, the basis of what the Spanish and English both tried to fullfill was something they either wanted or needed. First, the biggest similarity in the Spanish s success alike the Englishes was their discovers, they both had men who adventures for new land, profit and alliances. England had John Smith who went to venture and came to Jamestown. While the Spanish had conquistadors such as , Cortes who made an alliance with the aztecs or Balboa who explored the pacific ocean. These explorers making discovers and alliances would eventually either give profit or land and shelter for their people. Although the two had succeeded for a while , they both were defeated when it came to health, smallpox came into

When it came to domination with Spanish they used weapons as their source of defeating, Along with weaponry the Spanish used skill and devious plans like Machiavelli stated a good prince should be like a fox and lion , sly and deviously fearless. Unlike Spaniards the English used other people like African Americans as their slaves to do the work they couldn't.Their only strategy was keeping people captive and having them do labor as they gained money.In addition to the skill they each used to succed, Spains discoveries in gold and technology were very different to Englands eventual succes with tobacco. Moreover, they failed in only about one different way, Spain had more of a disagreement and broken alliance with the aztecs which caused a problem in trade, while the English couldn't survive in jamestown without help. Overall, the similarities and differences of Spain and England's failures and success in the new world consist of very few