African Americans During The Age Of Exploration

The Age of Exploration began in the late 15th century. The potential of the New World became increasingly visible since the explorers now had the ocean technology. Britain, Spain and France all settled different parts of the New World in different ways; each of these ways having different effects on the Native Americans. It is human nature to be curious of the unknown, and this has not changed over the course of history. Curiosity and a need for adventure is what brought the explorers to the New World. The first Spanish explorers saw the success of the Columbus voyage, and thought they could accomplish the same success. It took many failed attempts for the Spanish to finally colonize the New World, but in1539 Hernando de Soto managed to push through the South. The Spaniards were convinced they would find gold and riches, as well as land for Spain in the New World thus, improving the economy and social status of Spain. If anything was to stand in their way, the Spaniards had no problems resorting to violence to get their way. …show more content…
Similar to the Spanish, the British had hoped that colonizing the New World would help improve things back home in England, and they were correct. As the amount of money continued to grow, the British began to get greed and began using slavery and violence to achieve the successes that they wanted. “While battling against Indians to create forts and ports along the coasts of present-day Virginia and North and South Carolina, the British also managed to increase their status as a world power through the colonization of the New World”