Spanish and English Colonial Societies

  Jaime E. Rodriguez O. in ‘The Forging to the
America is a multicultural country with a diverseCosmic Race: A Reinterpretation of Colonial
society that consists of different races, religionsMexico’. The paper focuses on the
and cultures. Consequently, there were conflictsmovements toward colonial independence of New
between people of different nations who lived inEngland and New Spain.
America. Since the earliest times America wasSince 1519 Spain, France and England have
desirable land for European countries. The articleestablished colonies in the North and the South
briefly compares the major organizing principles ofAmerica. Spain organized the mining industry and
Spanish, French, and English colonial societies, theirdeveloped agriculture in Mexico and the Caribbean.
growth and development. It shows us theFrance established the first European society and
development and prosperity of Spanish, French,developed a long-term trade system with the
and English settlements in America described byNative Americans. The English were more
Allan Greer in ‘The People of Newenterprising and far-sighted: they were much
France’, Alan Taylor in the bookmore interested in the land acquisition than in
‘American Colonies: The Settling of Northtrade. This fact has played a great role in the
America’ and by Colin M. McLachlan andfight for the power over the North America.