Unit I : ColonialAmerica

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1. EUROPEAN COLONIZATION AND SETTLEMENT
Viewed today, the process of colonization and settlement of Nofth America was an invasion of territory that had been controlled anglg$led for centuries by the indigenous population. The arrival of the Europeans constituted anFtrusi@vhich, in the long term, the American Indians were unable to resist.

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and to estlQligh nqWlLqte European sovereigns rushed to claim as much territory as possible in order to found settlements on the territory. English colonial policy p-rogted domestic industry foletgn ade, fishe1let_ad sh_ippllg_by establishing colonial settlements in the New World and exploiting its resources through commercial companies rlr iiowingffilio colonizgl,vas due to a number of factors, which included international rivalry

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Christianity. There were also increasing numbers of religious and political dissenters who were seeking refuge, and individuals looking for adventure and new oppoftunities, and who wanted to own land. Ihg- rclq lfp"glq9*Ue.htn""Slgry*4dlg. [9t.vgue_was*t-o*m_ake*B_r,eft_rn_re_e-rar W-oId,

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(auto supply) q0! their provide a market for it. dependable on the exp The degree of colonial control exefted depended on the nation and on the period. In the initial the colonies was minimal. However, as the prosperous, more the British realized that the could provide increased trade and, therefore, thgy_Ug1teng,4_thq econoJrlic controlby implementing regulatoiy poiicie changing chanqinq the balance balance of the relationship. rp.

This meant state control and rc colonies. qi, ryas_to accrnulate "Tle The colonies supplied food for themselves and food for the to the colonies in order to make them

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2. BRITISH POTICY WITH THE AMERICAN COLONIES UNTIL L763

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until the Parliament ment assumed assLrmed contro contrgl. Between 1645 and 1651, the Parliamenl enforced colonial commerce and restrict colonial trade to the British, thereby favouring its shipping and manufacturers. From 1651 onwards, nd instituted the AcE. All trade between the colonists and the In addition, were could be traded o.lly*ithlriED such time went ._,. o, Tellst5f:specified goods grew continually decreasing the nin-ffinercnandisliat the colonists could sell to other nations. -i\"s

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