The Influence Of The European Age Of Exploration

In 1492 Christopher Columbus “discovered” the New World. This “discovery” led to the colonization of the New World by several European nations. European nations, such as Great Britain, started colonization for a variety of reasons.

European explorers first landed on the shores of what would later become North America more than 500 years ago. Not long after the first explorers had entered the "New World" they found out that they were not alone on this new frontier. Their neighbors in this new land were the Native Americans who had been there for centuries, virtually unaware of life outside the continent. Thus began an inconsistent and often times unstable relationship between the European settlers and the North American Indians. Two nations who had particularly interesting relationships with the Native Americans were the British and the French, both of whom took different approaches to their relations with the Indians economically as well

In a time when European countries were prompted to explore the New World, two countries in particular had a desire to control not only Europe, but the world. The Age of Exploration occurred between the fifteenth and seventh century and led to the discovery of the Americas, which was called the New World at the time. During this time, countries such as Spain and England had citizens travel to the New World for multiple reasons yet had both similarities and differences in both of the country's new colonies. It was in this context that the Spanish and British colonies in the New World were both dramatically alike and different by the differences in the colonies’ religious practices, the similarity of the harsh treatment of Indigenous people through

Europeans sailed to explore and find new lands where they could share their religions and gain glory for the finding of new islands. The indigenous people were on the verge of extinction due to the exploration and colonization of the Americas. Everyday, the Natives were forced to destroy their own culture, former beliefs, and selves. The Spaniard colonizers used inhumane acts as attempts to control the Natives and force them to complete tasks for them. The Spaniards viewed their lifestyle as superior and attempted to convert the indigenous people to follow their clean lifestyle. Spaniards did not view the Natives as equals which caused the justification of why they treated the Natives so poorly. The exploration of the Americas resulted in the

Whenever you hear about the European Exploration, or ‘The Age of Discovery’’ you hear a lot about what the Europeans gained from it, while they did learn a lot from this and gather a lot of new resources they were not the only ones affected. The Age of Discovery affected more areas that just Europe, it also affected the Americas and Africa. To prove this we must first know what European Exploration is.

What made the Europeans “accidental conquerors” was their geographic luck. The Europeans were the first acquire the major three elements that made Europe into a “have”. They had guns, germs, and steel therefore they could rule over the “have nots” or lesser developed societies

Although they were Explorers, Missionaries, and Merchants at some point, they were Conquerors for the first wave of it all, as well as most of the rest of it. They took over the natives’ lands, forced them out, even by death, and expanded their land due to competition, not wealth or trade. Overall, the Europeans are widely celebrated today as great Explorers and need to be recognized for what they truly are,

Europeans traveled around the world in the search of goods and spices. Bringing back what they don’t have to their country and trading off what they do have. Sailors trying to find alternate routes to reach their destination, the brush upon new land they’ve never seen before and people that weren’t “normal” or have European features and mannerism. To Europeans they weren’t human at all. Europeans believed they were the only set of humans, and the new lands they’ve so happen to come across became the new world full of discoveries. Sailors such as Christopher Columbus and Hernando Cortes, study the new worlds they came across from the way they lived, tools and goods, down to the people themselves bringing those artifacts back to their own country.

European Settlers are a group of people who came from all over Europe, to start a new life for themselves. They came here because of their unhappiness back in their home country and a few other reasons.Their arrival enormously affected a group of people who lived in the new world called Native Americans ,by introducing weapons, destroying their cultures and took over

To go as far as to call Europeans nothing but conquerors would be largely inaccurate. Large settlements of major European countries such as Spain, England, and France could not be established without gaining near uncontested ownership of large areas of territory. With the territories eventually conquered these large settlements “colonies” were able to eventually be founded. The purpose of these scolonies was to make a larger profit for their mother country. Mercantilism was a process that restricted a colony from trading goods with other countries and to keep their colonies reliant on the manufactured goods of their colonizer.

When the Europeans left for these New Worlds, they went as merchants, or to make money in the new places. They went to discover gold, and when they found the smallest amounts, or were presented with it, they wanted more. They went in search of gold, but also for other goods, such as furs. The Queen Isabella of Spain, told the Spaniards that they could use Natives as slaves, but had to look out for their needs. The conquistadors did use them, horrendously, as slaves, but did not look out for them. They also ended up spreading diseases that, not having been introduced to before, killed off many Native

They were natives to the Bahamas and the Caribbean Islands and were not a part of the civilized world. At first the natives were scared and did not like the idea if Columbus and his men coming to their home so they ran away(Corrick 53). The Portuguese did not have a problem with the natives because the went on the coast of Africa which was colonised a long time ago(Goodman 23). They did make it to India and there were natives there. The first Spanish settlement of the new world was Cuba and Puerto Rico. (Caselli 24) Some more improvements in ships were discovered around the time the Spanish colonised Cuba and Puerto Rico. Ship makers added more masts to the ship and they added rudders so you can control and steer the ship. Francisco Pizarro was a very important figure in the colonization of the caribbean islands and other countries of the new world. He conquered Peru and the Incan empire in 1532. Him and his brothers helped the Spanish colonize most of the South American. The Spanish were better than the Portuguese because they explored and conquered. The Portuguese only

On the other side he discovered a vast body of water that he named "South

Arising out of the “Dark Ages” was the very weak Europe. After taking death tolls from the black death which was devastating to the European population, and also poverty spread around the entirety of Europe, the population felt stuck. In the early 1400s, the Europeans began to set out and explore the world by settling colonies in the Americas, along the coast of Africa, and parts of India and Southeast Asia. This is referred or known as the Age of Exploration. The Age of Exploration was caused by advances in technology and it was powered by the motivation for glory, religion, economic factors, and much more. The push factors and the causes of European exploration lead to a numerous amount of accomplishments ranging from new colonies/territories to bringing in wealth. If the Europeans had not had some of the push factors the Age like the fall of Constantinople, Columbus discovering the “New World” and economic reasons European Exploration would have never begun, or it would’ve taken many more years.

Europe is filled with a multitude of incredible people who have discovered some of the most amazing things the world has ever seen, shaping it into what we know now. Many of these adventures induced by pure luck and personal desire to conceal themselves in untold glory. Some of these glorious voyages were also full of complete disappointment, sometimes even the undertaking of innocent lives.