Spanish Colonization Vs English Colonization

Spain’s colonization was marked by unprovoked brutality in the search for gold, thinly veiled by the claims of a desire for the ‘savages’ and ‘heathens’ of the land to convert to Catholicism. The conquistadors methods of, (as Ferdinand and Isabella put it.) “Discovering and subduing” the “islands and continent in the ocean” were harsh and inhumane. The Spanish didn’t see or treat the Indians as humans. They treated the Indian killings as a sport. They forced them to conform to the Spanish way of life, and they coerced them to the level of chattel. These methods of dehumanization carried over into the way that the English treated the Indians as well; paving the way for the enslavement of African Americans in the ‘land of the free, and home of

The English and French seem to have managed slightly more felicitous relations with the Indians than the Spanish.When it suited their own interests they were capable of bargaining with, fighting with and learning from the Indians. When the Indians got in the way of the colonists’ plans the English and French were adept at turning on the Indians. The French were able to establish trade with the indians, but even then fighting was common amongst Natives, French, and English alike. European and Indian cultures collided in a whirlwind of cultural discrepancy. The cultures had very different methods of warfare which probably caused a lot of friction. The way that one culture might take revenge for a perceived wrong could be one that provoke the other culture into further

“Life. Liberty. And the pursuit of happiness.” In the preamble of the Constitution, the founding fathers penned the words “...and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity…” Words like these touch the proud, independent, and freedom loving American heart. Every generation in every country has something to be ashamed of. The exploitation of our fellow men is indeed a shameful and wicked past to be reconciled to, but it is our history. We need to learn from our ancestors mistakes; so that the history of abuse, segregation and prejudice may not be