New World Colonization

Blake Morris
09/20/16
7th Period

Why the new world? The new world was a sign of opportunity. There are many reasons the 'new world' was seemed and valued. Riches were a big magnet for these European countries. Coming to explore and colonize the new world led to many different things like power, wealth, and the discovering of new foods and cultures. One huge reason the new world was colonized had to do with religious freedom. Religious freedom was the people from England's biggest issue. The ambition and reason for explorations and colonization was the three g's, God, gold, and glory. The meaning of colonization is to inhabit. To explore means to travel through and learn about. In this time exploration was nothing new. Although, a lot of what was found in the Americas was not expected or planned for. One of the huge factors when moving and converting to the new world was The Indians or native Americans. Colonization was a way of securing land and leaving your mark. The only problem was that many of these lands were inhabited by native Americans. With all of the different tribes and the different movers the Indians were often handled and treated differently. Indians were often treated harshly and ran off of the land they once claimed. The new colonizers were often very pushy. Colonization all started with conquers being sent by their mother countries with the goals of the conquers doing what the do and conquering land while possibly finding other valuable things to motivate other fellow conquerors and explorers. The Spanish, English, and French were involved in the exploration. These different groups had their different explorers. Land was divided and the different European country's came and pushed along in an attempt to acquire and find what they could. Without explorers, conquers, colonization, and the whole 'new world' idea, the world today would not be the same.