American Revolution 1700s

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The three different colonizing countries, of course, had their own ideas and values that they wanted to bestow upon their colonies. However, all three's main goals were to civilize the people who they considered inferior and backwards from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. As well, they wanted to use the new land to extract resources and build new economies. This would be done by maintaining strict rule over the new colonies and maintaining control over its people.

Spain went through great lengths to convert the people in Latin America to Christianity. This is because of Queen Isabella's commitment to the Catholic faith. She worried about the savages souls greatly and thought that they were scandalous without proper spiritual guidance. As a result, there was a widespread conversion by the Catholic church and the establishment of missions throughout the colonies occurred. Today there are still missions found in places like Los Angeles and Santa Barbers.

As far as administration, the Spanish were not very good leaders. They did not have a very flexible system of ruling and all major decisions were made in Spain which was hundred miles away. Because of this, crisis went unsolved because authorities had not power to make changes when they were needed without permission.

For France, they believed in "assimilation." This means that they had little interest in converting the people to Christianity; rather, their aim was to export French culture, the food, and language to their new colonies. They did their best to make sure that their new colonies were an extension of France by educating their subjects encouraging them to think as the French would and forcing them to live by French standards. This, in turn, cost France a great deal of money and soon it became a great financial strain.

In contrast, the British were very practical. They allowed for limited self-governing when it was financially feasible (such as in Canada and Australia), and they set up local assemblies made up of white settlers in others colonies such as South Africa and Kenya, However, in India, they set up direct rule. Of course these decisions were racially motivated. The British did not try to export their culture, but rather adopted specific aspects of it to help in the running of the empire, for example their British education system. This resulted in a strong dedication to Britain in most countries but not in all. Remember, this form of governing lead to the American Revolution too!

Colonization of America. Found February 26, 2013:
http://www.landofthebrave.info/colonization-of-america.htm

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The first most important impact that farming has on the world is that it stopped the nomadic way of life. Between 10,000 B.C. and 8,000 B.C, people began to grow their own food sources and then no longer had to wonder around looking and hunting for food. They could stay in one place, established a home, and grow their food without wondering around and worrying if they would find and capture ...