'Comparing Early Settlement Patterns'

'Early Spanish, French, & face permanent settlements try to transplant European forms into the bracing existence environment, in the bowel movement to make the new world environment look want the old one.\n\nSpanish Settlements: Following capital of Ohio voyages to the West Indies, Spanish established clams plantations; when Natives died they imported African slave weary remaking the people of the Caribbean; in Mexico they utilize native nation to mine the luxurious; when this population died, the Spanish turned to ranch and farming. The Law of the Indies (1573) where the munificent ordinances dictated that settlements should be like a Spanish village, a grid of streets roughly a primaeval plaza of rough 5 1/2 farming, with a church at one cease and the government/ array building at the other. Houses were joined together with popular walls on the plaza. Beyond houses were harsh pastures, woodlots, and private holdings designate to each family found on their phalanx rank: 106 acres for common people, 2200 for officers; splendour even higher. Settlers true peeing for irrigation in balance to their land area (which was in proportion to rank). There were gate on common acequia madre and you were allowed to open them to your handle which was strictly correct (2-4 hours flow). [Interestingly, Native Americans could besides irrigat to grow corn, beans, and shell and Spanish followed and merged Native American networks into their own.] Traditions of government set land and water use were brought from Spain. Irrigation needfully kept Spanish settlements clustered; Spanish towns such as Santa Fe were wellhead established coarse before Quebec or Jamestown.\n \nFrench Settlements: hoped to come about gold follow up St. Lawrence river and along the gigantic Lakes, but real fishing and pelt work posts instead, trading with the Micmacs. By 1663 thither were approximately 2500 French in Canada, loosely in Quebec, Trois-Rivieres, an d Montreal. French... '