Isabella barely survived until 1496 when Columbus ordered a new town built on the island as the Spanish capital (now Santo Domingo). Hunger and disease soon led to mutiny, punishment, disillusion, and more hunger and disease. ISABELLA was a small town that Columbus ordered his men to build on the northeastern shore of Hispaniola (in present-day Dominican Republic) during his second voyage to the New World in 1493.While the discussion may force us to define our terms, a valuable exercise, we will begin this topic, SETTLEMENT, with "first arrivals"≾uropeans who cross the Atlantic, disembark on land unsettled by Europeans, find a suitable site, and begin to build with the intention of staying, not merely exploring. When we talk about the European settling of North America, the word "first" creeps into the discussion very soonthe first ever, the first "permanent," the first "permanent" that still exists today, the first with women and children, the first Spanish/French/English, etc. Spanish: Columbus's first settlement in the New World, 1493Įnglish: The first months of the Jamestown colony, 1607Įnglish: The first year of the Plymouth colony, 1620-21 What did "America" signify to Europe in 1630? What did "Europe" signify to Native Americans and enslaved Africans? What relationships evolved among European settlers, Native Americans, and enslaved Africans?
What factors led to the survival or abandonment of a settlement? How did they differ in the institutions they created to maintain their settlements? How did the European nations differ in their vision of a successful settlement? What motivated the Europeans in their initial settlements? History and Literature, Toolbox Library, National Humanities Center Settlement, American Beginnings: 1492-1690, Primary Resources in U.S.
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