Compare+colonial+administrations+of+Spanish+and+English+colonies

**by Kelly Ngo - Compare colonial administrations of Spanish and English Colonies** =**Thesis Statement:** = During the year 1492, the Americas were discovered by [|Christopher Columbus]. The Spanish and English colonies both settled in the area and their colonies were significantly different in the populations, treatment of natives, government, and main exports.
 * =====**English Colonies characteristics:** =====
 * Colonies were given their own [|self rule], but were still under the control of the crown.
 * Colonies originally started off as business charter.
 * Natives were pushed back and didn't have land forcefully taken away.
 * There were more woman in these colonies so there were fewer mixed populations
 * Traded indigo and tobacco with the British

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> The two different kinds of colonies, although settled by different countries, also had a few, if any, similarities. Both the English colonies and the Spanish colonies went through a period of time where they used slave labor as their main forms of labor. > > > > ===== ===== []
 * ===== **Spanish Colonies characteristics: ** =====
 * Viceroys were representatives of the king who ruled.
 * Social status determined by race.
 * Lack of women in Spanish colonies brought race mixing
 * Natives were taken over by force and used for labor.
 * Encomienda and [|Repartimiento] system
 * <span style="color: #27aa30; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px;">Basis of economies: sugar and silver
 * =====**<span style="color: #3777a4; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">Similarities: **=====
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