Footholds In North America Summary

During the early period of colonizing, the European colonists were facing many dangerous obstacles. The European colonists were not adept at farming in the North America soil and climate with the lacked of skills for surviving in unfamiliar territory . They were fragile and faced great threat of diseases and the lack of food supply. As a result, these European colonists sought out alliances with various native tribes for protection and help them stabilized their own colony. A good example of this was the colony of south eastern Massachusetts during the period of

Even though both colonies were being settled by men women, and children by the 1700’s both the new england colony and the chesapeake bay developed into two very distinct societies. The differences in the economy, society and politically in the New England and chesapeake regions caused many great differences in the development of each region.

In Virginia (1600s-1650s), there was a very short lifespan due to diseases. Many people didn’t live to their 40th birthday, or even their 20th. This made the men compete for the women that they outnumbered and become one of the few families that existed there.

These widows were frequently left alone with several children to care for and the difficult job of taking charge of a farm or plantation. Many widows, who were without sons, remarried to seek out male assistance for the grueling and laborious work that was involved in the upkeep of the land. Extended families were often formed from these second marriages and caused for women to take control, which was unlike the usual patterns of family life. While women were granted much more freedoms within the Southern colonies, they were still expected to bear children. The standard wife would become pregnant every two years and throughout her life would have given birth to eight children. Even within the New England colonies, women’s lives had been focused on producing babies and raising them to maturity. Women were always looked down upon at some point and time during their experience of living in the three colonial

While initially the French sought to remain on good terms with the Natives as a way to meet the demands of the fur trade they too spread disease among the Native. The French’s increasing need for fur pelts led to a decrease in the beaver population. This required expanding their hunting and trading grounds. The French depended on their trading relationship with the Algonquian for their supply of pelts. The Iroquois armed with weapons provided by the English and Dutch set out to extended their territory and monopolize the fur trade. The fighting between the tribes impacted the population of both tribes. The Europeans were able to take advantage of feuding between tribes to continue their forward movement in exploring and settling the Americas. The outcome of this exploration may have been quite different had the Native Americas banded together against the

Even though there was a great start in New England, Chesapeake was far from growing at the time. It was full of disease; almost all of the men and women were widowers. And their children became orphans. Even though there were countless deaths, disease captured mostly European women. The men then began to have relations with African and Native American women. This then became known as miscegenation.

Women in colonial America had very few rights in regards to freedom and legality. A married woman was represented by her husband who ultimately had control over her; she could not make a will or own any property. On the contrary, unmarried women had more rights compared to

Dear uncle, life is extremely harsh over here. I am aware that you are considering migrating to the Chesapeake Colony because of the fantasy you saw on the newspaper. My personal advice for you is to eliminate this option. I have always listened to you in the past so please take my advice for this one time. Your expectation is just an imagination. You may be attracted by the geographic advantages and the resources in the Chesapeake. You may be interested in the Chesapeake because of the protection, environment, and the access of resources. Although the Chesapeake Bay provides numerous benefits, our population has never been stabilized. Every year our population decreases constantly. With certainty, your mind must been filled with full of questions. I will give you a good explanation of why Chesapeake is not an option for you and you love ones. There are countless reasons that should erase your thought of moving here but the main concern is the death rate. Without a doubt, I will provide you an elaborated explanation about the Chesapeake’s historical background and why the Chesapeake region is not a suitable place to colonize due to its extreme mortality rate.

Champlain founded new France winch later became Quebec in 1608, the French eventually extended their influence as well as their trade alliances from the east coast of Canada to the saint Lawrence river, great lakes and down the Mississippi. The British established their foothold in north America, north of new France in Canada around Hudson bay and to the south with thirteen colonies that later became the united states.

They, in exchange for goods and protection, provided Iroquois with guns and this led to a friendly relationship. This also established Iroquois as an Indian nation to be

The French Settlement of Florida began in 1562 and found themselves on the St. Johns River not far from the Spanish settlement at St. Augustine. “Cpt. Jean Ribaut was sent from Spain

Regardless of this fact, they had succeeded in establishing a strong relationship with Native Americans, and their fur trade was significantly strong. It went on further even after they had lost their territories. This led to the formation of the Quebec settlement, which was a center for the fur trade that had now been monopolized by the French. Other countries attempted to venture into the business with no success, and France succeeded in exporting fur across the European region. Quebec was eventually captured in the year

An example of such, is the Headright System. Since the king ruling at the time wanted to expand his horizons he began with sending a group of colonizers to the New World. In the past when he had began to do so, only 20% of the colonizers survived. So with his authority and better judgment, the King began to give anybody 58 acres to anyone that volunteered to go on the voyage to the “New World” Another Social reason is because of the number of Native Americans decrease do to social events that the European. When Europeans began to trade with the Native they trade utensils and clothing that had germs and diseases attached that the Natives were not attached to, so before the colonies came along 1/10 Natives died from natural diseases. When the europeans came along however the number jump to 8/10 so instead of decimation it had jumped to octomation. The third reason was because of trade. When the Europeans first settle they traded money, but when they came across the Natives they traded something of the same worth as stated above in Economics. So the Indians with the New technology that the Europeans carried over, started to gain the habits and way of the settlers. Property became a major problem between tribes, and who had access to what hunting grounds, since they now had guns they had a new way to intimidate or scare of other tribes, therefore starting a new rebellion between more tribes.The reason is because of the florida Colonization. Juan Ponce de León in 1513 founded what was perceived to be by present day St. Agustine. He named it Pascua florida ("feast of the flowers). In 1539 Hernando de Soto began another expedition in search of gold and silver which landed him near present day Tallahassee. Some years later many other expeditioners later camped there and continued on in search of more where they then founded present Cuba, an Island off the Coast, but later

During the 1600’s the English decided to have people colonize in the Americas for the

At the beginning of colonial time, the roles of women made it very hard for them. Their average family size was around 9 kids and they usually got married by 13 or 14. Once they were married they were no longer their own person, they gave control of all their property, inheritance and earnings to their husbands. Although their husbands were responsible for all aspects of their life, the women had to do everything in the household. They were in charge of making clothing, cooking, making things to sell and use, cleaning, taking care of their animals, tending to the garden and doctoring the children.