APUSH Chart Quiz

APUSH

Spanish: Purpose of Colonies

Set up a labor system for mining ore; develop a group of converts for the Catholic Church; rural poor (outside the capital) emigrated to the New World.

Spanish: Economic Motivation

Silver & Gold

Spanish: Relations with Natives

Gave them great autonomy as long as Natives performed their assigned tasks and converted to Catholicism.

Dutch: Purpose of Colonies

Trade depots — satisfied at home, so few colonizers wanted to go.

Dutch: Economic Motivation

Used Natives to obtain tradable commodities (furs, corn).

Dutch: Relations with Natives

Treated allies well by equipping them with weapons and traded what the Natives wanted.

French: Purpose of Colonies

Set up a series of forts used as fur centers and shelters for Native allies; French Protestants came for safety; Catholic priests came to convert Natives.

French: Economic Motivation

Fur

French: Relations with Natives

Tried to befriend all Natives but got involved in inter-tribal warfare

English: Purpose of Colonies

Initially to find gold and a Northwest Passage to Asia. Later, used as an outlet to remove English discontent or powerless people (religious and economic).

English: Economic Motivation

Commodity development — rice, tobacco, lumber, oats, and sugar in the Caribbean.

English: Relations with Natives

Pretty horrible; used a divide-and-conquer method until the colony no longer needed particular neighbors to divide and conquer.