History of the United States, 2nd Edition

Spain, France, and the Netherlands (1x2)

Air date: Jan 02, 2003

The Spanish tapped sources of wealth in the Americas, displaying the most wanton cruelty in obtaining it. By 1600 they had evolved from an extraction society to a settler society. The French attempted extraction incursions and to settle in North America but did not succeed as the Spanish had in the South.