portugal
What were portugals motivtions?
Seeked gold, spices, new trade routes.
What are the three G's
Gold, Glory, God
What was the primary resource France sought in North America?
Fur
What was England's colonial activity in the 15th-17th century
What was the name of the powerful Dutch trade company?
The Dutch East India Company or the Dutch West India Company
What was portugals colonial activity?
focused on maritime, trade, and plantation networks in Africa, Brazil, and Asia.
What was spains motivation?
The three G's
How did French settlers generally interact with Indigenous peoples?
They focused on alliances and trade
Which English colony was established for religious freedom?
Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, or Maryland
What was the primary focus of Dutch colonial efforts?
Commercial profit and controlling global shipping lanes/carrying trade
Where did Portugal establish its most profitable sugar colonies?
Brazil where they utilized large-scale plantation agriculture
What was the "Encomienda" system used by the Spanish?
A labor system where the Spanish crown granted settlers the right to forced local labor in exchange for "protection" and Christian teaching.
What specific geographic area was known as "New France"?
The area along the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, and the Mississippi River valley
What was England's motivation for exploration.
The pursuit of economic gain, the desire to compete with Catholic Spain and France, and the search for new trade routes.
They established a global trade-driven empire, heavily utilizing the Dutch East India Company and West India Company to seize, settle, and exploit strategic locations.
How did Portugal’s "Trading Post Empire" differ from Spain’s land empire?
Portugal focused on controlling maritime trade routes and ports rather than conquering vast inland territories like Spain.
What were spains colonial activity?
Focused on wealth extraction, territorial expansion, and Catholic conversion.
What were Frances motivations?
The desire to establish a fur trade in North America and the pursuit of colonial expansion to compete with Spanish and British empires.
How did the "Joint-Stock Company" model aid English colonization?
A business where investors pooled money to fund voyages, this allowed England to colonize without direct government funding
Which major modern-day U.S. city was originally a Dutch colony?
New York, which originally was New Amsterdam
Which 1494 treaty divided the "New World" between Portugal and Spain?
The Treaty of Tordesillas, which moved the papal line of demarcation to give Portugal a claim to Brazil.
Who were the "Conquistadors" and what was their role?
Professional soldiers/explorers who led the military downfall of Indigenous empires to claim land for Spain.
What was france's colonial actvity 15th-17th century
Fur trade in North America and Plantation agriculture in the Caribbeam
What was the main difference between English and French settlement patterns?
English colonies were heavily populated by entire families looking to stay permanently, whereas French colonies were mostly populated by male traders/priests
What were netherlands motivations
Economic gain through trade