tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241344934061451907.post4927187151008213111..comments2022-03-02T08:28:48.404-08:00Comments on The American West: An Eclectic History: Differences Between British and Spanish Colonization of North America: Analysis of J.H. Elliot's Empire's of the Atlantic WorldChrishair6788http://www.blogger.com/profile/04052289192000920956noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241344934061451907.post-72443015995152605702020-06-02T20:03:07.330-07:002020-06-02T20:03:07.330-07:00Though some of the points are valid, main differen...Though some of the points are valid, main differences between spanish and english colonizations have not even been mentioned. In summary are three: 1) spanish empire was generating empire (like russia) compared to the british empire which was a predatory empire. The Spanish Crown conceived the empire as one and big kingdom with different regions. Only one big country. That is why they invested the resources and time in the construction of churches, school, universities. On the other hand, Brits conceived the colonies as secondary lands, different to England, that should provide the mother land with resources to finance their economy. They did not invest in heir colonies. Brits use them as mines. 2) Spanish foster miscegenation among the conquerors and women original from those lands. The crown wanted spanish to intermarried with the natives and populate the lands of Spain. They wanted to create culture and living. Brits on the other side prohibit this type of practice. They believed natives from the new lands were unpure and it was not etical to "merged". They had very big racism problems. 3) In the early XVI century a group of spanish wise men met and duscussed for weeks about the nature of human beings and of course about the nature of the natives from america. All agreed "indians" had sould and hence should be treated equally as human beings. International law and human rights were invented in spain at that time. Las Leyes nuevas and leyes de burgos banned slavery and forbaded the maltreatment of the indigenous people. In contrast, the British empire did not pronounce in this matter. They were making lots of money with the slavery trade from Africa (like the Portuguese and the Netherlands) and could not permit this practice to be forbidden. The fact that Protestants at that time thought that black people were inferior to other races really helped to materialize these practices.For them, indegenous people at the colonies were similar to animals, different to human beings. They had no rights. That is why they ended up exterminating species of indegenous people in America, Africa and more importanly in Australia. Why many people do not know about this? Because the English Empire has always been at manipulating their own history and covering their "dirty plates". Also they have always been the greatest at marketing and generating propaganda. That is how they manipulated the toughts of thousands of people and manage to destroy their biggest rival at that time: Spain. They are responsable for the existance of the well known "black legend of Spain".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com