Social Sciences and History / Unit 6 SSH 0517 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Colonies, Motives, and Native Responses
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The idea
Spaniards came for God, gold and glory; the French more often treated Indigenous peoples as economic allies; the Virginia Company founded Jamestown for profit, and Puritans mixed profit with faith. The Aztecs fought and were destroyed; the Tlaxcalans allied with Spain and gained status.
In practice
Indentured servants bound for a term of years.
Where people slip
Unit 01 carries the English colonies.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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