Native Americas and Europeans developed independently for many years before they experienced direct contacts with one another. Christopher Columbus, a European voyager set out to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia but instead found the Americas. When Columbus reached the Americas he wasn't too found of them, he was surprised by their living conditions as he mentioned it as crude. He must of thought of the Americas as dull minded people as he would describe them as "easy to be made Christians" which made them even more of an easier target (Page 28). While Columbus didn't find any wealth at first, the Spanish soon did find gold and acquired slaves which would leave the Americas as a symbol of wealth and hope for the Europeans. When Columbus arrived at the court of the Queen and the King he came with numerous colorful parrots, samples of gold, and many other things never before seen or heard of in Spain (Page 6).
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Not only did the Americas have goods unknown to the Europeans, they also had empires that rivaled the greatest civilizations in the world along with hunters and gathers who would plant and tend crops as well as fish and hunt in the summer which made great possibilities of trade (Page 7)In Europe around 1450 the majority of Europeans were peasants (Page 16), Few men and even fewer women had much personal
Not only did the Americas have goods unknown to the Europeans, they also had empires that rivaled the greatest civilizations in the world along with hunters and gathers who would plant and tend crops as well as fish and hunt in the summer which made great possibilities of trade (Page 7)In Europe around 1450 the majority of Europeans were peasants (Page 16), Few men and even fewer women had much personal