A Comparison Of The Spanish, French, And English Colonization

The New World was colonized by three main Nations. Those three main nations were the Spanish, French, and English. Their ways of colonization varied in their government, settlement locations, and settlement methods which includes relations with the Natives. Communication across an entire ocean was difficult, especially for government. Each Spain, France, and England had different ways of governing their colonies. Spanish colonies were governed by crown appointed governors, or what they called them “viceroys”. The spanish settlers had to obey the king’s laws, and could not attempt to make any of their own, through any sort of local government, or public meetings. For the French it was very similar. However, the colonies were fully subject to the French crown, and had no local governments. There was no representative government and no public meetings were aloud to be conducted, just like the Spanish. These two ways were similar, but
The first areas for the French were just simple trading posts in Newfoundland, but then expanded throughout Canada and then down the Mississippi River. The first English settlements included regions in Virginia and Massachusetts, but soon spread up and down the Atlantic coast from Maine to Georgia, and as wide as the Mississippi river. The Spanish included much of the south now and days United States, the Caribbean, and parts on the west coast by California. The most known settlement in the now United States from the Spanish is Florida. The English were trapped in the middle and had to campaign on a two front fight. There was a middle ground or deadzone in Georgia for the French and English. Then there was many small encounterments between the French and English in the Ohio valley region, which ended up resulting in a much larger conflict. There was three powerhouse in the New World and they most certainly competed for