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| Goals: Conquer, find gold, and spread Catholicism. Occupy South America, Southwest America, most populated South America, rest of American colonies mostly buffer colonies, and undeveloped. South America has large indigenous population. |
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Settled around Mississippi River, not many permanent settlements b/c of harsh terrain, enjoyed Louisiana and Mississippi as waterways, but no other land incentives to join colony. Also French Protestants not allowed to emigrate, only Catholic.
Focus: Furs, trade, converting Natives, also accepted Indian ways, married Native American women, very good relations with them. |
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| Established in 1542 by Jacques Cartier, first colony established by French. |
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Netherlands rebel against Spanish.
Protestant, capitalist, merchant class.
They take New York, New Amsterdam, the Hudson river, and are protestant. |
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| Portugal took claim to Brazil. |
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| The Pope draws an imaginary line across South America, west=Spanish, east=Portuguese, too many disputes over land, Pope is universal figure. |
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| A heavily fortified colony in Florida, look at map, English and French, border it, in constant threat of attack, first Spanish exploration. |
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| In New Mexico, the Pueblos are being converted to Christianity and being exploited. Pope organizes a rebellion of Indians that drives the Spanish out of New Mexico, killing priests, burning churches, etc. The Spanish eventually regain New Mexico. |
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| Officers in Spanish military became landowners of Indian villages, duties were to convert Natives to Catholicism and protect them. |
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