Christopher Columbus

resources between the New and Old World, impacted the Atlantic World drastically. Amazingly, once Christopher Columbus struck the Bahamas in 1492, he brought two extremely separate biological worlds together once again. This creating a long, intensive cycle of triangular trade across the Atlantic World. However, the effects of the Columbian Exchange were not all necessarily positive or helpful. Once Columbus arrived in the Americas, new diseases broke out to an American population that had no…

wars were granted land and other riches. However, there was only so much land in Europe, so explorers would discover huge amounts of land to seek personal glory there. Spanish explorers wanted to be known for their journeys. For example, after Christopher Columbus returned from his voyage, everyone knew his name. Even to this day he is a well-known person in history. The explorers were inspired to make a name for themselves and to earn respect in their…

jackson mrs edwards lang arts 3\4 should we celebrate columbus day? I think we should not celebrate columbus day. why? well because the things he did was bad.there was also some good things in all of this to. let me tell you some things that he did that were good and that were. Here are some bad things he did while he was at America.I will also tell you about how we should not celebrate him in schools. I think we should not celebrate columbus day because he made a lot of the people…

Throughout history, many European countries formed colonies in the Americas. The most well-known countries were, Spain, England, and France, who all claimed land and worked to serve the mother country. However, they encountered many problems such as; a lack of knowledge of the land, unknown food sources, and, the Native Americans. The two books, A People’s History of the United States, by Howard Zinn, and, A Patriot’s History of the United States, by Larry Schweikart, discussed different view…

While the arrival of Europeans in the Americas brought new food, technology and livestock to American Indians, they also brought diseases and dangerous weapons the Natives could not defend themselves from. Many history textbooks and classrooms teach of the negative and positive impacts the Old World had on the New World, but students usually don’t learn of the lack of morals the Europeans had for Natives. The events that took place in the 15th Century cannot be classified as only a part of…

In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed to America in search of gold and glory. Ten years before America declared independence, in 1766, Olaudah Equiano purchased his own independence with money he earned by managing his own business. More than two hundred years later, in 1984, Sandra Cisneros published The House on Mango Street and earned international acclaim. These very different people all had one thing in common: they sought the American Dream. The American Dream they pursued changed with time…

the island is shaped like a crocodile, it is sometimes referred to as El Cocodrilo. It is located west of Hispaniola. Cuba, capital is known to be the largest city, which is Havana. Cuba was first discovered by the famous Christopher Columbus in 1492. Once Christopher Columbus arrived, he claimed Cuba as a Spanish territory. When he discovered Cuba, he notices that he was not the only person there. When he arrived, there were a group of Native Americans already settling there. In 1511, things…

The Age of Exploration brought upon many changes to the new world. Some for the better, some for the worse, and today I will be telling you about how the Spanish affected the South Americans. After 1492, which is when Christopher Columbus sailed the Atlantic Ocean and landed in America, the Spanish would start to colonize different parts of the Americas. They would do many different things to the natives for two main reasons: religion and money. They, in the long term, would achieve both of…

Proud of our ancestry and history, my mother uses our family tree to choose a name for each of her eleven children. So, understandably, many of us have nontraditional first or middle names. When my youngest sister was born, we all scratched our heads at the name Tilley. Excited to share her love of history, she explained that Elizabeth Tilley came to America on the Mayflower with her parents, who died in the first winter. Being homeschooled, my mother was able to teach us history through field…

Portuguese. Vasco da gama had done a lot of amazing things. Da Gama had founded a direct route to India. He had gotten the title of admiral. He had became the leader of India. Da Gama had also traveled to India three times. He had proved that when Christopher Columbus had sailed east that he had not found India. He had successfully captured the French ships. He had led two fleets, one when he was still an inexperienced sailor. He had led fourteen ships over the…