The Discovery Of The New World

By definition, a revolution is the overthrow of a suppressive government in favor of a new government, but it is also defined as a large change in society, or how it works. After the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus, European Nations competed in a race against one another to claim pieces of the new land. Before Columbus found this land, the sea separating the New World from Europe seemed endless. The Europeans were only interested in the land to the East. But with the New World there was so much to explore. The Europeans tossed aside their old toy to go play with a new one. During this time period of conquest throughout the New World it became known as the Age of Exploration. A New World meant more land, which meant places to build homes and plant crops, and more money to be earned by buying out new houses and selling new crops grown in foreign soil. These times of change are known as the American Revolution.

The development of the New World relied upon the buying and trading of slaves, as African Americans were critical labor force for plantations and construction crews that lead to the development of the Americas. During the course of slavery, ship Captains, Plantation owners and slaves composed journals of there their trips, tribulations and daily life. The stories and details vary, depending on who is recounting the tails, but one constant found throughout is that the poor treatment of slaves was evident. Even in journals written by people like Captain Phillips, who wrote about how he made his lively hood off of selling and buying African Americans, the inhuman treatment could be seen even though he had no intention of writing about it. On the other hand there are journals from African slaves, such as Harriet Jacobs, that served the purpose to detail the difficulties they faced and their harsh treatment rather than how they made money for their owners. No matter which stories one reads the sense of African slaves being treated inhumanly and like products in a store for the economic growth and profit for private traders can be seen.

In specific, the advances in sailing and shipbuilding technology fueled the desire to explore overseas. But, shipbuilding technology was only one factor that led to the success of European colonization on new lands. “Spanish technology, including the wheel-related ratchet gears on muskets, constituted only one element of European military superiority. They fought...with their officers open to new ideas based on practicality, not theology” (Schweikart). Schweikart and Allen’s “A Patriot’s History of the United States” is told from a Patriot’s standpoint, which is evident after reading just the title. Because European discovery is being viewed from that perspective, the writing focuses more on the technology and systems involved in exploration than the plights of the natives. They want to shine more light on the advances made by the Europeans, and keep the brutality towards the native peoples in the shadows. However, they do not completely omit it, but instead seem to justify it. The Indian societies had a hierarchal structure which allowed the Spaniards to simply replace those on top with themselves. “The ‘common people’ exchanged one group of despots for another, of a different skin color” (Schweikart). Basically, Schweikart and Allen are saying that the societies remained relatively the same, only with a new group of people on top. This chapter excerpt is aimed towards

Western Civilization did not begin with the Colonization of the new world; rather, transformed into something more, something greater. When the respective explorers saw land for the first time in the new world they knew little of what was to come in the future decades. They had no idea the controversy they would create; Howard Zinn's “Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress” and Dinesh D’Souza’s “Two Cheers for Colonialism”, represent that controversy perfectly. The future of the Human Race was not solidated through the peaceful trading of goods within single nations. It was solidated through man’s natural drive for greatness and thirst for power. Colonialism is not the weapon for destroying civilizations; it is the key to progress.

Throughout history, Europeans have been given credit for the discovery of the New World. For many years, thousands of Indians had been settled in North America long before the European voyages sailed across the Atlantic. When the Europeans came looking for religious freedom, societies and traditions were soon to be changed by the newcomers. The Europeans considered the Indians as savages and uneducated. There were many different tensions between the Indians and Europeans, but natives soon learned that they could benefit from one another.

When Christopher Columbus first arrived in America 1492 on board the Santa Maria a new time line of settlements began. However, he was not the first one who discovered ‘the new world’ but he was the first one who was able to establish a permanent connection and relation with the new discovered land that was going to have great effects on the future. At first there were only a few hundred colonists from England, but later on in the early 1600s thousands of people were emigrating from Europe to North America. Either with the aim to live a new life of comfort and wealth or just with the purpose to adventure something new they began to settle in the new world. A group of settlers, called ‘the Puritans’, “arrived 1630 on board of the Arabella and several other ships under the guidance of John Winthrop” (Paul 138). Escaping from the religious pressure of the Catholic as well as the Anglican church they wanted to build up a new community with their own rules and religious ideals. Just in this society the plot of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlett Letter takes place: Hester Prynne, a young woman whose husband is believed to be dead, has an affair with another man, gives birth to a misbegotten child and is therefore sentenced in public to wear an ‘A’ on her cloths for all of her life and is barred out of the community. From now on she is living with her daughter Pearl not only on the outskirts of the village but also on the margins of society. Due to the fact that Pearls father is

After reports of Columbus’s discoveries had reached them, the Spanish rulers Ferdinand and Isabella enlisted papal support for their claims to the New World in order to inhibit the Portuguese and other possible rival claimants. The Spanish-born pope Alexander VI issued bulls setting up a line of demarcation from pole to pole 100 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands. Spain was given exclusive rights to all newly discovered and undiscovered lands in the region west of the line. Portuguese expeditions were to keep to the east of the line. Neither power was to occupy any territory already in the hands of a Christian ruler. No other European powers facing the Atlantic Ocean ever accepted this papal disposition or the subsequent agreement deriving

During the 1760’s, the Enlightenment had hit Western culture with full force and lead everyone to believe in that every person was born with a clean slate, or “tabula rasa”. The Enlightenment was an era full of new ideas which changed the views of people and science. As time went on, the Romantic Era started to take form in the admiration of humans and nature. This era continued to have all people seen as equals and focused on one’s emotion. After Romanticism, Western countries discovered the importance of colonization and started to search for new land to attain. Africa and Asia provided the Western countries with what they needed, so they fought for land within these areas for resources and strategic reasons. Although all people were seen as equals in the late 1700’s and non-Westerners were admired for a short period of time, views of natives soon degraded as new ideologies began to take way in Western society. With the new ideologies from Romanticism and Imperialism, non-Westerners soon became known as noble savages, and Social Darwinism and the “White Man’s Burden” eliminated the idea of non-Westerners being equals with Westerners.

Do you know what circumnavigating the earth is? It is when someone sails or travels all the way around the world. Ferdinand Magellan was the first one to ever attempt this. He was born February 3, 1480, Portugal. He died in 1521, Philippines. Ferdinand had five siblings too. There names are Genebra de Magalhães, Diogo de Sousa, Aires de Magalhães, Duarte de Sousa, Isabel de Magalhães. María Caldera Beatriz Barbosa was his wife. Ferdinand changed the knowledge of The New World by setting sail, and proving something. He proved that you could sail west and reach Asia. After going through South America he and his crew found trouble. Ferdinand Magellan proceeded to stop at the Philippines. Other important accomplishments were also made too. Ferdinand Magellan changed the knowledge of The New World.

(Ekeh, Peter) European colonizers were well educated and experienced which gave them several advantages over the natives. Knowledge was power and the Europeans used it to their advantage; they divided people and created conflict, brain washed them with religion and education, and they manipulated them

Who was Christopher Columbus? Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who discovered the "New World". He discovered America on an expedition that was sponsored by the king of Spain, "King Ferdinana" in 1492. He was born in Genoa, Italy in the year of 1451. During his life he set out on many voyages trying to discover "New Land". On his first voyage in 1476 he nearly died when his ship was attacked by French Privateers, just off the coast of Portugal. He escaped death by fleeing the burning ship and swimming to land. Columbus had two sons. The first son named "Diego" was born in 1480 by his wife, and his second son Fernando was born from wedlock in 1488. Christopher Columbus was always coming up with plans to discover new land. His first

One of the main focus points in European colonization was to further their economic order by using abundant recourses that were found far from the home land. They looked to gain power and produce wealth. In order to reach these goals, Europeans directed cultural change among the indigenous people and justified their actions by claiming it was “God’s work”. However, with all of these changes came diverse reactions from the native people. In the beginning they were eager to build relationships, however after time passed many considered them as sons from the devil.

“”Pre-Columbian” refers to the period before Columbus landed in the New World”, Carol Strickland wrote in the book The Annotated Mona Lisa (20). Five hundred and twenty-five years ago, Christopher Columbus decided to travel by three ships to discover new countries in the western hemisphere. Columbus and a hundred other men sought out to find a new route for trading and also to discover Asia. One of his main goals during this travel was to find civilization somewhere other than where he was, the Old World. On the way of attempting to find these places, Christopher Columbus bumped into what he refers to as the New World. If it wasn’t for finding the New World, the people who were on the ships would have never made it to China alive. There were limited resources on the boat, that would not last throughout the whole trip. When reaching the New World, he discovered there were people living within the society in villages. I believe the New World has given the Old World new opportunities for livestock and animals. This was the start of making the Old World a better place.

It is inevitable that the Sun will turn into a red giant and eventually a black hole, thus, killing everything that is left in our solar system. When this happens, the fate of the human race will either survive or go extinct. If we as a species intend on surviving, we must develop ways to colonize interstellar space. However, there is currently many limitations that don’t allow humans to travel vast distances in short periods of time. Since the space race, there have been countless proposed propulsion solutions; however, with current technology one stands out. This being the solar sail.

Everyone always says that the Universe is huge; infinitely big, they tell us, so big that even the most powerful telescopes that human-kind has made can 't even come close to showing us half of it, let alone the entire thing. Of course, we 've certainly come along way from thinking we were the center of the Universe, though now scientists say we 're closer than we ever have been before.