English Dutch and French Colonies vs. Spanish and Portuguese Colonies

English, Dutch, and French are 3 countries whose colonies were fairly peaceful.

-The original 13 colonies of the English maintained a steady and was an initially, friendly relationship

-The English also had a fast growth and maintained probably the most successful farming system.

-Dutch colonists were forced into a peace agreement with maroon communities

-French colonists valued a good relationship with Natives for a monopoly on the fur trade

-Had slow growth and maintained on fur trade

-Spanish colonists colonized with killing

-The Spanish and Portuguese saw the Natives as heathens

-They enslaved many of them for use

-They killed the Natives inhabiting the land, and ruled with an iron fist using them as slaves

-Although both successful, the Spanish and Portuguese were much more “cruel” in maintaining success

-English, French, and Dutch had a relatively peaceful relationship, at least at first

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