The Role of Imperialism and Economics in The Colonization of The New World

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The Role of Imperialism and Economics in The
Colonization of The New World
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Imperialism

• Imperialism is a type of competition however
  it consists of competition involving the
  acquisition of land around the world.
• There have been various competitors involved in
  the competition such as Spain, France, and
  England.
• This competition has mainly been fueled by
  Economics.

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What is Economics?

• Economics- is the study of choice under the
  condition of scarcity.
• Scarcity- means that there is not an unlimited
  amount of an item
• Name a few scarce resources.

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How Are Economics and Imperialism Related???

• During the fifteenth century, several countries
  were in search of scarce resources such as silk,
  spices, gems, and tea. Later on they would be
  looking for human resources.
• These countries wanted to originally take over an
  area called the Indies India, China, Japan.
• These countries had a couple of choices
• stay in their country
• colonize the Indies.

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Continued

• The countries chose to colonize the Indies in
  order to acquire scarce resources.
• Opportunity Cost refers to the second best
  alternative when we make a choice.
• Merchantilism - an economic policy in which a
  country exports more than it imports.

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The Discovery of A New Land

• Since the countries decided to go with colonizing
  the Indies, they thought that they could find an
  alternate route that would be quicker.
• They ended up discovering a brand new land known
  as the New World or America.

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Spains Claim To The New World

• During the fifteenth century, Spain was
  interested in the Indies because of their
  resources
• North and South America were not known to have
  existed at that time.
• Spain and other countries wanted a direct route
  to the Indies so they could trade and acquire
  resources.
• Ultimately, Spain was after the Three Gs
• Gold, Glory, and God.

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Hernando de Soto Explores Ga.

• In 1540, De Soto and his men marched from Florida
  to Ga.
• They encountered Mississippian Indians who were
  astonished at the guns, horses, and armor of the
  Spanish.
• The expedition was a failure due to the lack of
  food and failure to find gold. (4 years)

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Hernando de Soto Explores Ga.

• Hernando de Soto influential in the conquering
  of Peru, and gaining gold and silver.
• King of Spain granted de Soto 18 months and 600
  miles of land to explore Florida.
• De Sotos objectives were to acquire gold
  conquer the natives.

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Hernando de Sotos route
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Why Did England Colonize America?

• England, an island nation, did not have enough
  land to support its growing population.
• English Protestants also wanted religious
  freedom.
• England wanted to find valuable resources that
  could improve their economy.
• Merchantilism

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Why Did France Colonize America?

• France, seeing their rivals (Spain England)
  gain power and resources, did not want to be left
  out of the quest for resources.
• Merchantilism
• French Protestants wanted religious freedom
  Hugonots were persecuted in France.

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The Fate of Georgias Natives

• How did the Spanish colonists impact Native
  Americans from GA?
• Natives Americans were forced to become
  Christians.
• Their ancient religious and cultural practices
  were forbidden.
• Natives were forced into slavery, and those who
  refused were killed and tortured.
• Natives were involved in the Columbian Exchange
  The exposure and exchange of deadly diseases.
• Over 90 of the Native population died within 10
  years of European contact.