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- The Spanish, led by Columbus, were the first European discoverers in the New World, conquering Central and South America and the Caribbean
- The Spanish greatly mistreated the natives they encountered through slavery, labor systems, and systematic killings; any native culture was interspersed or replaced with Spanish traditions and rituals
- Other European nations began to attempt to colonize North America; one of the first, the British, saw a split in Spanish relations due to colonization attempts and religious differences, culminating in defeat of Spanish armada in 1588
- Along with the British, the French and Dutch attempted to colonize the New World; the French traversed Canada and the Mississippi, while the Dutch settled in the Hudson River valley
- Across colonized regions, Native resistance often warranted military response from Europeans; in New England, King Philip's War expelled natives from their lands over land and resource disagreements; in Central and South America, Spanish conquistadors sacked advanced societies to acquire their vast riches
- Over time, relationships between natives and settlers began to change; in the face of hostilities from other nations, Europeans began to align with natives; the British aligned with the Iroquois Confederacy, the Spanish and French aligned with the Algonquins, the French aligned with various Canadian native groups, and the Dutch ceded their land to England
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