The
Spanish were pioneers in colonialism, so the English were able to learn from their mistakes. As
such, the English colonization of North America took a somewhat different turn to what the
Spanish had been doing further south. The English colonial project was a largely private
initiative. King James was required to give his blessing for the Jamestown settlement, but the
responsibility for organizing and establishing the English colonial venture fell upon the
Virginia Company, as did the financial risks involved.
Contrast this with how
the Spanish went about establishing their own colonies. Successive Spanish monarchs were
actively involved in the colonial project, which they saw as analogous to the
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