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Survey of United States History
Task 1
A. Explain the reasons for English colonization
Originally, English people did not have intentions om colonization. They
were only interested in benefiting from Americas natural resources, until
John Cabot reported the plentiful fish that were present in newfound land.
This caused French, Spanish, Basque, and Portuguese people to rush to take
advantage of the area. English decided to take part in the fishery and
eventually became dominate in the area. Eventually Spanish traders were
seeing success from trading with the Indians, the English noticed this and
people called “sea-dogs” or also known as John Hawkins and Sir Francis
Drake raided a Spanish treasure boat that was on its way home from the
Caribbean. This action caused a war that lead to the defeat of the Spanish
armada. After this defeat is when English leaders started to consider the
idea of colonization because they didn’t want any of their enemies to be
able to dominate the land, and they also wanted better access to trading
goods with the natives. (Norton, 2015)
Some of the social pressures that contributed to starting the process of
colonizing the land were Spain and France mapping areas as “New Spain”
and “New France”. Also an English clergyman named Richard Hakluyt
published two things stating the benefits of colonizing the Americas. But
the first person to get authorization to colonize was Sir Walter Raleigh, his
authorization came after he promoted a scheme to establish trades at
outposts with the Indians and would also serve basis for attacks on Spanish
possessions. The growing population that eventually reached over what
England could handle also caused social pressures to move to the Americas.
People were living in cramped spaces and there weren’t really living wages
being made. The change is religion also contributed to social pressure when
Henry VIII founded the church of England this also drove people to want to
leave England. (Norton, 2015)
, B. Describe the economic systems (e.g., labor relationships, trade networks,
major cash crops), social characteristics (e.g., religious beliefs, family
structures, cultural practices, class systems), and political systems (e.g.,
types of representation, major governmental bodies, significant political
figures) of the following colonies:
• Massachusetts Bay
• Virginia
• The Carolinas
Economic Social Political
Systems Characteristics Systems
Massachusett Towns like Most of the people John Winthrop
Boston and that migrated were was an elected
s Bay Salem were considered governor for
seaports, separatists and Massachusetts
towns near the these people did bay. Founders of
Connecticut not like the church churches, towns
river valley had of England’s and colonies all
easy access to religion and helped to draft
being able to thought it to be to and form
transport corrupt so they documents of
selling surplus were wanting to principles that
goods which have freedom of their institutions
made it easier worship and would follow. The
for farmers. exception of leaders of
Indians traded religion and Massachusetts
with behaviors. John bay also changed
newcomers Winthrop wanted from a general
and sometimes his people to know court to a
worked for even though there colonial
them but was a difference in legislature, which
refused to status or wealth gave adult male
become part of each man needed property-owning
the English the other in some church members
society. way or another. the right to vote.
They would get This was their
grants for land and political system.
these towns would
give out land to
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