HIST 2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Slave Codes, Asiento, List Of Muppets
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As spain"s power declines, the dutch, english, french, and the portuguese all attempted to take the reigns of power. They claimed their own territories in the new world. Conflicts over trades and access to the americas mounted, but by the end, england would come out on top. Early settlements in the eastern seaboard of north america. The first successful colony was in virginia, named after queen elizabeth i, the virgin queen, in 1607, and the colony of. However, by the 1670"s, the english settlements had spread, into carolina, and the island of barbados, founded conditions suitable for rice plantations. Thus there was a demand for cheaper labour than even indentured servants. They thus used slaves on their plantations, and there was very harsh racial divides imposed. For the first settlers that moved to the coast of new england, they wanted to settler for religious regions, and many were protestant. s. They were the radical protestants that wanted to escape anglican oppression.
