Which statement best describes the consequences of Spanish colonization in the Americas? Native Americans were exploited, enslaved, and exterminated by the Spanish. Why were Hernán Cortés’s conquistadors effective in Mexico? increased tension between Europe’s nation-states and accelerated the pace of exploration.

Terms in this set (59) American Indians People living in America before the Europeans arrived. They had their own customs and languages, but were all war-like and repeated the land.

There are three main reasons for European Exploration. Them being for the sake of their economy, religion and glory. They wanted to improve their economy for instance by acquiring more spices, gold, and better and faster trading routes. Also, they really believed in the need to spread their religion, Christianity.

Terms in this set (35) Which of the following statements BEST describes how Spain felt about French and British colonies in the Southeast? They were angry and felt defensive because the British and French were seen as a threat.

Geography and motive rendered the development of these colonies distinct from those that lay to the North. Immediately to Virginia’s north was Maryland. Begun as a Catholic experiment, the colony’s economy would soon come to mirror that of Virginia, as tobacco became the most important crop.

Hernando de Soto

European colonization of North America had a devastating effect on the native population. When the Europeans arrived they brought with them diseases unknown to the natives. The natives, having no immunity died from diseases that the Europeans thought of as commonplace. They also brought guns, alcohol and horses.

The Spanish missions in Georgia comprise a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholics in order to spread the Christian doctrine among the local Native Americans. The Spanish chapter of Georgia’s earliest colonial history is dominated by the lengthy mission era, extending from 1568 through 1684.

The Shawnee indians migrated to Georgia after European colonization. Originally the Shawnee indians lived in Ohio, but after the Europeans arrived they migrated to Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Georgia. The Shawnee indians lived along the Savannah river in South Georgia.

The first successful mission established in Georgia was San Pedro de Mocama, founded in the capital town of the Timucua-speaking Mocama chiefdom on the southern end of present-day Cumberland Island.

The names of the Georgia tribes included the Apalachee, Choctaw, Cherokee, Hitchiti, Oconee, Miccosukee, Muskogee Creek, Timucua, Yamasee, Guale, Shawnee and the Yuchi.

Georgia’s Relationship to England All of the colonies existed with the consent of England; however, Georgia had the closest relationship with Great Britain. Georgia was the only colony to receive financial aid from Parliament. The British government also helped plan the crops that would be planted in Georgia.

The Mound builders were the earliest inhabitants of what is now the state of Georgia. They were a group of Indians whose leaders lived in temples atop large earthen mounds. Their civilization was located in the northwest and southern portions of the state.

This is not an illogical assumption, because it is common knowledge that the two major Indian tribes that lived on the western and northern frontier of Georgia during its first century as a colony and state (1733-1838) were the Creek and the Cherokee.

Iroquois Confederacy, self-name Haudenosaunee (“People of the Longhouse”), also called Iroquois League, Five Nations, or (from 1722) Six Nations, confederation of five (later six) Indian tribes across upper New York state that during the 17th and 18th centuries played a strategic role in the struggle between the French …

In the 1500s, during the Age of Exploration, Spain became the most powerful country in Europe and likely the world. This was due to their colonies in the Americas and the gold and great wealth they acquired from them.