The Relations Between China And The United States

The rhetoric used to describe how Columbus and other European explorers “discovered” the Americas is vanishing. It is much more accurate to say that these European explorers helped make the first contacts between two different worlds. Before the Europeans ever set foot in the Americas, Native Americans or Indians were inhabiting the lands. However, the peace in the lives of Indians would eventually be disrupted by disease and war over land when the Europeans arrived. Each group of Europeans that came over to the New World had a slightly different motivation. Ultimately, the role of Europeans in the previously “undiscovered” regions of the Earth would be reenvisoned.

Before the start of the traditional American narrative, that begins with the colonization by British setters, European contact in America had already radically reshaped the population of the so called “New World”. Spanish exploration landed in North America beginning in 1492 and sparked a pattern of travel to the continent following Columbus’s find. These trips to America consisted of a series of expeditions in search of gold, silver, and other treasured resources that could be used by Spain. These trips also consisted of establishing permanent peasant towns of enslaved Indigenous people for manual labor to chase these resources in the mines that sprouted across the southern part of the country. These enslavements, sponsored by King Ferdinand

Christopher Columbus was an explorer that landed in the Americas in 1492. On his second voyage Columbus traveled to Haiti to colonize the area. In Haiti Columbus kidnapped 1,600 Arawak Indians the native people of Hispaniola. He brought 500 of them back to Spain and forced another 500 to work in gold mines and plantations in the colony. An updated version of the traditional verse states, "In fourteen hundred and ninety three, Columbus stole all he could see." Columbus' main motivation for exploration was gold. He ransacked the tribes in Haiti and demanded everything they had including food, gold, and cotton. If the natives resisted the Europeans they would be brutally punished. Along with stealing material things, Columbus also stole the lives of Native Americans. Due to his arrival in Hispaniola the Taino population rapidly decreased due to warfare, forced labor, starvation and disease. Most textbooks leave out Columbus' exploitation of the native people. Instead they create myths to make Columbus' story "better or more relatable" and hide the horrible truth of the past. By creating these myths authors support a Eurocentric view of the discovery of America.

Christopher Columbus “discovered” the New World, creating the search for profits determining the direction of Spanish exploration. In 1504, Hernando Cortes had sailed the Atlantic Ocean with 600 men, ten cannons, weapons and horses. They had come to fight and conquer “To justify their own imperialism, the rival Europeans elaborated upon some very real Spanish atrocities to craft the notorious persistent “Black Legend”: that the Spanish were uniquely cruel and far more brutal and destructive than other Europeans in their treatment of the Indians. (American Colonies p.51)

First, Columbus enslaved many Native Americans, put them under harsh labor conditions and inspired others to do the same. Often,

After Columbus returned to Spain, the Europeans began to come to America by the thousands and brought with them permanent colonies, new ideas, technologies, plants, and animals. Columbus' critics do accredit him with bringing oppression to the Americas.

Christopher Columbus was given permission by Spain to sail west and try and discover a new trade route to the West Indies. Spain was willing to put the money forward for the expedition because if it worked out than they would be able to make more money off of the trade that would come from the new route. When it was discovered that it wasn't the West Indies at all but it was a completely new continent. What this meant to Spain was that there was a continent filled with possible resources, in which they capitalized.

Since 1899, America has maintained an open door policy with China. Throughout the years, relations between the United States and China have changed with several effects on both countries caused by the open door policy.

The Spanish were the first European settlers in the Americas when Christopher Columbus in October 12, 1492 while searching for a new route to Asian Indies, discovered new land. Columbus wrote to the king of Spain telling him that the Americas was kind of heaven, full of thousand of different kind trees, with prosperous land. This letter has helped understand the motives of the Spaniards for colonizing the Americas, the virgin continent, untouched lands, full of gold and precious metals as Columbus described in his letter. Columbus also told King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella that the natives we simple, timid people who went about naked and lived simple lives in an environment like that of the Garden of Eden, and that they can also be made Christians. The monarchs saw this as an opportunity to impose their modes of civilization upon this vast population, justifying the colonization of the New World as the white man’s duty. Motivating and accelerating the occupation to the Americas. Since in fact the Spaniard kingdom initial motives to venture out into the oceans were richness and to acquire goods that were rarely available. The Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella were also wanted to establish missionaries to purify and reform.

The Spanish were the first to settle in The New World. Christopher Columbus, who was part of the Spanish voyage, was the first person to discover America. His goal was to find another path to Asia and the Indies but found America instead. Once they settled in America, God, Glory, and Gold fueled their motive. Most of the Spanish were Roman Catholic and if someone was a protestant they were persecuted. When the Spanish discovered the Indians, their goal was to convert them to Roman Catholicism. They wanted to spread the word of God to everyone; even to the Indians who had no idea what they were talking about. Another motive for the Spanish was the wealth. Before discovering America, the Spanish tried reclaiming the Iberian Peninsula from the Islamic rule. This caused the Castile, Argon, and Leon’s royal treasury to drain. Once they discovered America, they realized that new colonies, and trade routes from America would help that drain. Another motive was the Spanish glory. Spain wanted to be the dominant power in Europe so by conquering America, they could rule Europe. The New World was seen as a vast property to enrich the crown, the

Columbus, the first Spanish explorer to reach America, initially thought that the he had landed in the East Indies, which had been his ultimate goal. “His sea wanderings would have been written off as an expensive failure, once it was realized that he had not found the illusive water route to India, had it not been for the discovery of gold on Hispaniola in 1493”(Nash, 18). Once it became known that there were gold and other precious metals on this continent, people from Spain began to journey to America in hopes of gaining immense wealth. The Spanish claimed Panama, Mexico, parts of South America, and southern areas of what is now North America and these expeditions were typically led by military figures. The Spanish viewed America as land to be conquered and they viewed Native Americans

Christopher Columbus set out on his first voyage from a Spanish Port of Palos to find a new world on August 3rd 1492 on his first voyage. Which was sponsored by the Queen of England. He brought three ships with him the Santa Maria the Pinta and the Nina and they landed in the Bahamas. When Columbus arrives in America he thought he had discovered a new trade route to the West Indies but he was wrong and he found a land that was unknown to the Europeans. After the Europeans found out about this new land many people went to either find gold or try to be free of the English law.

Columbus came across a wealth of things that would help them for life. They had a vast area of land to do whatever they wanted to do with it. They could use the water, oil, lumber, coal, and so many other things. They were faced with a new group of people, people they didn't know what to do with. These people could be used as slaves for their personal use, being they came in and took over the land, and with the land come the people. When Columbus found this New World, he brought a world of wealth back to the Spanish, later to be shared with all of Europe.

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the Cold War was over, making the U.S. the only superpower left in the world. This has made the international system much more tranquil, and relaxed. The only country potentially powerful besides the U.S., is China. Many Americans fear China, not only because they are communist, but also because of their huge population. Their population is 1.3 billion people, which accounts 1/5th of the world’s population. As one of the only potential superpowers in the world, it would be in the best interest of all Americans if the U.S. and China became allies, instead of enemies. Peace and development, economic prosperity and social progress, are goals that both of

The events that have taken place over the past couple of centuries, and more so the past decade, have monumentally impacted the relationship between the United States and China for better and for worse. Today, China and the U.S. have evolved into two of the most elite superpowers in the world, and they classify as some of the most prominent leaders in economics, military, technology, and universal innovation. Currently, the United States is just weeks away from electing their next president, cyber-attacks are being investigated exponentially, and the South China Sea Debate continues to be disputed. The outcomes of all these events will undoubtedly affect the relationship between China and the United States for the next 10 years.