Why Did Europeans Migrate To The New World?
The first European Americans
When people think about the new world, they might think why did European sail across the globe to the new world? Why did Chinese, for example, did not want to sail? The answer to that is Europeans, unlike Chinese or any other group of people, had two main reasons that made them interested to sail to the new world. Europeans were motivated by their poverty, and their motive to convert the world to Christianity. In other words, Europeans were motivated by “God, gold, and glory” (Lesson 1.3). In the new world, Europeans were from three different groups who are Spanish, French, and English people. Spain, France, and Britain had entered the new world by the 1720s, with different visions for empire (Murris,68). Spanish, French, and English people established new colonies in the new world in different ways, they had a different relationship with Indians and enslaved Africans and had different cultures in the new world.
Comparing the three countries in terms of population, France had the largest population in 1500, with a population of 16 million people. On the other hand, Spain had only 5 million people, and England had only 3 million people (Lesson 1.4). However, the high population did not mean more power or more migration …show more content…
Push factors are the conditions that push people out of a particular place, while pull factors are the conditions that pull the people to a particular place (lesson 1.5). In order for a group of people to move out of a particular place to another, they need to have push factors that make them want to leave their old place and pull factors that make them want to move to the new place. France had strong push factors that include famines, and widespread poverty, but weak pull factors. (Lesson 1.5). In contrast, England had both strong push and pull factors, which was a key reason for its success in the new world (Lesson
When people think about the new world, they might think why did European sail across the globe to the new world? Why did Chinese, for example, did not want to sail? The answer to that is Europeans, unlike Chinese or any other group of people, had two main reasons that made them interested to sail to the new world. Europeans were motivated by their poverty, and their motive to convert the world to Christianity. In other words, Europeans were motivated by “God, gold, and glory” (Lesson 1.3). In the new world, Europeans were from three different groups who are Spanish, French, and English people. Spain, France, and Britain had entered the new world by the 1720s, with different visions for empire (Murris,68). Spanish, French, and English people established new colonies in the new world in different ways, they had a different relationship with Indians and enslaved Africans and had different cultures in the new world.
Comparing the three countries in terms of population, France had the largest population in 1500, with a population of 16 million people. On the other hand, Spain had only 5 million people, and England had only 3 million people (Lesson 1.4). However, the high population did not mean more power or more migration …show more content…
Push factors are the conditions that push people out of a particular place, while pull factors are the conditions that pull the people to a particular place (lesson 1.5). In order for a group of people to move out of a particular place to another, they need to have push factors that make them want to leave their old place and pull factors that make them want to move to the new place. France had strong push factors that include famines, and widespread poverty, but weak pull factors. (Lesson 1.5). In contrast, England had both strong push and pull factors, which was a key reason for its success in the new world (Lesson