The Natives in North America

In this post we are going to analyse the situation of the natives in the British colonies of North America. We can say that the real English colonization of North America started in the 17^th century, and that they wanted to create several colonies.

To perform this colonization they decided to create two companies: the London Company and the Plymouth Company. as the king of the crown has no means to implement the real colonization of this lands, the king gave to this companies the power and the permission to govern and organize this lands (legislative , make money…) they were the real and almost only power in this places. Both companies were guaranteed by a similar structure.

In the places where they were alone, they had the monopoly of the colonization, but in the places where they met, they had to compete with the other company. The aim of the crown was to create competition for colonization faster, stopping the Spaniards from the south and the French from Quebec.

The first real British city was Jamestown, which was created in 1607.

The first company to receive the monopoly was the London Company, so the Plymouth Company had the experience of the first one, and they were more cautious. In 1635 both companies bankrupted, and the monopoly returned to the Crown.

About the way in which the British settlers acted with Native Americans, we must say that the majority of settlers had fled from religious intolerance in his country, as were mostly religious minorities. That is why they had a aware of chosen people that he was entitled to expand, as the government had given them that hope to promote colonization. At one time, the colonists had established a number of dealings with the Indians, deals which have been breached, so now the Indians showed rejection towards them. Before the refusal, the British colonists started the invasion of Indian lands, but the Indians killed one of their leaders, General George A. Custer. After the defeat of the American army, they started to devastate indigenous territories. Is important to say that the colonists had a profoundly racist thinking which they used to justify the occupation of the territory, they said they were helping the Indians to leave their bad habits. There is a big difference between American and British colonization, and is basically the Spanish did not want to establish colonies of settlement, they just wanted to obtain benefits from the land and miners resources of South America. However, the British wanted to settle there permanently and create a new society, and that is why they were not interested in keeping the indigenous population.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

ELLIOT, J.H.; España, Europa y el mundo de ultramar (1500-1800),Editorial Taurus, 2010.