Reflection, Module 6: European Colonization II

Whoo!! This module has been a lot to process read and think about. It is so much information and things to learn about makes my brain hurt a little. During this module, I learned about pretty much the colonization of the East Coast. Also how and why the pilgrims came about and the types of mediators between the pilgrims and Indians and last but not least the Pequot war. Also, the reason why Thanksgiving is celebrated. It all began with the Puritans it began in the 16th century these are the people who really rebelled the British, these people had their own way of living they rebelled numerous ways they didn't want their lifestyles to be tied to England at all. They wanted to have their own religion and other things dealing with their daily lives. Squanto who was a Patuxet Indian and helped the Pilgrims and the Indians get along this was during the 17th century. A lot did happen for it to Squanto to end up to that point he was captured and was supposed to be sent to Spain, but luckily he escaped and came back to where he came from. This is how he began his journey as a mediator and a leader. When Squanto finished this brought the Pilgrims and Indians together this is what created Thanksgiving, a few states such as Florida, Texas, Maine,& Virginia had already started this so-called tradition. This was before the pilgrims arrived on the Mayflower which was a huge ship that voyagers came off from England. In Plymouth Fall of 1621 is when this holiday became official, now Thanksgiving is something that happens all across the United States of America. Now getting in the Pequot war the English feel that the Indians were out to kill and destroy what the English thought was theirs so it led to war and this leads to history with this module it was a lot learned.

Legends of America, www.legendsofamerica.com/pequot-war/.

“Squanto.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 23 June 2019, www.biography.com/political-figure/squanto.

Reflection, Module 5: European Colonization I

During this particular Module it was filled with a lot of information it is kind of a reflection of the last module such as giving info on who started it and how, but this is way may in depth. In the last module, we talked about the Spanish starting this whole colonization thing now in this chapter we going to get in how each European colony wanted a piece of this money pie. So as we all know the Spanish started this whole colonization in the Americas and it was starting to become HUGE! especially in the early 1500s. So the New World Colonization had three different parts to it which were the Conquest, Commerce, and Settlement; they are broken down by each "colony" so the Conquest was the Spanish those people were literally trying to take over the world, and honestly they were pretty close to doing it. This took place during 1519 - 1550s, and then we move on to the Commerce these are the colonies that we didn't see too much of they were simple and really wanted a piece of the money pie just like everyone else. I honestly wish that the other colonies were just like the French, the Dutch, and the Swedish. But we all know that is very wishful thinking like I explained before the French were there just to get some lute they worked with the Indians. These people had their own agenda. And last but not least we get to the Settlements which were the English/ British colonization, and these were the most idiotic people in my opinion because they expected to come to a new world and have everything handed to them so when reality hit it hit hard. They had to keep sending people just because they did NOT know how to survive which is extremely sad, during the early 1600s they began trying to survive and then slaves began to become a lot bigger than expected. These colonizers tried to used slaves out of everyone but the only ones that they really latched to were the Africans and this is because the whites had made their own race and didn't want to be apart of anything colored. From this module, I learned how everything began also how they separated and the outcome of each of these colonizations, I learned out from the readings and the class videos. Fun fact I can not forget how I learned about Pochohantas coming into this whole history line!

Gama, Vasco da, et al. “European Colonization in North America: Spanish, French, Dutch, & British Colonies (Unit I, Segment 1 of 5) - Ppt Video Online Download.” SlidePlayer, “European 

Exploration of the New World.” Spain, bullisglobalhistoryspain.weebly.com/.slideplayer.com/slide/4761954/.