Analyze how the English, Dutch, and French colonies of North America were different than the Spanish and Portuguese colonies.

English, Dutch, French-

-Private investors played a large role in in English colonial efforts.

-Individuals paid a lot more money to finance expeditions to America.

-Retained much more control over their colonies.

-Maintained their own assemblies and influenced their choice of royal government.

-Did not migrate to large centralized states like the Aztecs or Incas.

-Did not encounter agriculture people living in dense societies.

-Tried to form treaties with the native Americans and justify why they were taking land

-no viceroys or audiencias

-Relationships w/ indigenous ppls different (no large centralized states like Aztec/Inca)

Spanish & Portuguese-

-Bureaucrats were sent over from Europe to govern the land

-Used viceroys, which were representatives sent by the king

-Took a bunch of land through military actions

-ruthlessly toppled Inca and Aztec Empires

-audiencias (groups of lawyers) observed the viceroys actions and reported them to the king, kept the viceroy in check