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EUROPEAN COLONIZATION OF THE AMERICAS, CA. 1700

European powers carved out general spheres of influence in the Americas, determined largely by their order of arrival. The earliest colonizers, Spain and Portugal, focused their efforts on what later became known as Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean, particularly after discovering the vast resources of gold and silver there. Latecomers Britain and France confined their colonizing activities largely to eastern North America and the Caribbean, where they exploited cash crops such as sugarcane, tobacco, and indigo as well as natural resources including timber and furs.

출처 : The Modern World - by Sarolta Takács, Ph.D. (2008)  - Americas 편 29page

NORTH AMERICA BEFORE AND AFTER THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, 1754 AND 1763

As a result of the Seven Years’ War (1754–1763)—known in North America as the French and Indian War—Britain seized all French possessions in North America east of the Mississippi River. Despite the complaints of English colonists, the British government refused to allow settlement of the newly seized lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. The dispute over settlement of the so-called Northwest Territory contributed to the anti-British feeling that fueled the American Revolution.

출처 : The Modern World - by Sarolta Takács, Ph.D. (2008)  - Americas 편 64page