Ap Euro Dbq Research Paper

There were many different types of Europeans that were settling in the New World. Each European country had its own reasons, benefits, and motivations for making settlements in the New World. The different European countries that where all involved in the colonization of the New World were the Dutch, Spanish, French, and the English. Each country may have had their own motivations but they were all going for three main reasons: God, Gold, and Glory.

When the Spanish entered the New World they made a treaty with Portugal called the Treaty of Tordesillas. Treaty of Tordesillas drew a line 1,100 miles west of Cape Verde Island. The purpose of this was it gave the Spanish all of the land west of this line. The Spanish first controlled the Caribbean by establishing posts in Cuba, Puerto

The motivations that the English wanted was more land, a bigger market, and mercantilism. John Cabot was sent to explore eastern Canada but it did not end up working out because King Henry VII did not give him the right funds. Once Queen Elizabeth took over, she renewed England’s interests. She wanted to gain wealth and political advantages and saw it as a Protestant crusade. One of the first people to explore the New World for the English was Sir Humphrey Gilbert. He set up a colony along the American Coast and claimed it for England. In 1585, Sir Walter Raleigh sent men who were soldiers to settle off the coast of Carolina on Roanoke Island. The colony was not successful because the settlers gave up once they found no treasures. Chesapeake Bay, Jamestown was the next English Settlement who was led by Captain John Smith. They established the first form of government in the colonies called the House of Burgesses in 1619. What really helped the Virginia Company colony succeed was when they started growing tobacco after 1610. The English also had the settlements in Plymouth, Salem, Boston, St. Mary’s City, Hartford, and New