Spanish and English Colonies

The Spanish government did not form successful colonies in the New World because of their obstinate desire to convert Native Americans to Christianity and their vain hunt for gold and riches. Many explorers from Spain embarked to the New World specifically to find gold and become rich. They robbed and stole from the Native Americans and raped many women native to the land. Probably even more infuriating to the “Indians” was the uncompromising need to …

…the tobacco trade) that Spain failed to ever do. England went to America with the plan to start a successful colony and not just to find riches and take them back to their mother country. Spain was hungry for gold; an incurable disease that saw their downfall. They would go to any length in order to get their hands on it. This was what they came to America for, not to start a successful colony.