How Did The English React Before The Arrival Of Colonial England

Their interactions with the indigenous people and land were fueled by their desires to have a colonial enterprise, hence conducted in an exploitative way. Having desired to convert the land into plantations, and the indigenous people to Christianity, they forced the natives to labor. Due to how proprietorial they were, the Spanish divided and modified the land arbitrarily, creating colonial mines as they desired and forced the natives to work on them, or bear slave raids instead.

From the 16th century on, these distinct nations became haunted by misfortune and obedience to their colonial leaders. Their misfortune began with the confiscation of their belongings, land and people (including rape), and continued with the conversion of the nations’
By opening industries that didn’t exist in the motherland, England’s trade could be balanced as Virginia acted as an import substitute. The English relied on the Iberian Peninsula for produce, but could use Virginia to enhance their textile industry, and consequently contribute wealth to their nation. In order to create an industry and plantations where the indigent could be under control, and the economy could grow, the English had to set eyes on
The Dutch East India Company faced competition from private traders, and the flow of Dutch merchandise was put on pause, angering the indigenous people with the shortages and prices. The colonial livestock (including Dutch cattle in Beverwijck) were slaughtered by the ‘Mohawk’ and various Algonquin peoples, against whom 3 consecutive wars were launched, giving the Dutch a negative reputation. Later on, the Dutch competed with Sweden for control over the Delaware Valley, losing money, resources and their shares of said area, inevitably leading the English to launch the Navigation Acts and warships, which the governor had to surrender to. The said colony became New York, as it couldn’t defend itself against the