HST 202 Lecture Notes - Anne Hutchinson, Triangular Trade, Cash Crop
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Life in new england and the mid-atlantic colonies. Late to the age of discovery (spain had already begun their golden age: opening came when elizabeth i"s english navy held off phillip"s spanish armada and destroyed the spanish sea power, domestic troubles made exploration funds low. 1541: cartier explored what became new france in 1598. 1614: undesirables from paris (priests and peasants) were sent to colonize new france. Became active and successful in the atlantic trade because they had maritime experience. 1602: founded dutch east india company: protestant nation so they ignored what the pope said about who owned what land (ignored portuguese claims and used money from the east indies to expand into the. 1626: purchased manhattan island for : natives thought they were establishing a trade relationship because they didn"t believe in ownership of land, new amsterdam became the city with the largest dutch population (eventually becomes. New york when the english take it over)
