The European colonies, Spanish, Portuguese, British, French, and Dutch were very significant with the empire building across the Western Hemisphere. Throughout these empires, old societies were destroyed while new socities were created. Countries such as Portugal, Spain, Britain, and France were located aorund the rim of the Europe. This made them closer to the Americas and the wind currents blew in the same direction they were going which made it easier to travel and trade. As for China, the wind currents blew against China which made it difficult to travel and China was already developed and had a strong economy so there wasn't any need to explore.
There are negative and positive views about Christopher Columbus. He was hero by discovering a new world and he brought western culture and civilization to this new land. He provided assistance in helping the people use thier land effectiviely and how to manage it. So for this, Columbus was a crucial factor in farming and modernizing the other lands. However, upon his arrival up to 90% of Native Americans died. Their bodies couldn't handle diseases because they were never exposed to it and their immunities weren't strong enough. Because of his new ways of living he brought to the Native Americans, most of them died from starvation because they didn't know ways of searching for their food. In my opinion, I still look at Columbus as a hero because he made advancements towards life and other lands. It is unfortuante that millions of people had to die as a result of this but it is part of the cycle of life to adapt to new and different things that occur in the world. Today, we have created medicines for diseases and have multiple ways of getting food to stay alive. Without Columbus, people would never have learned to adjust to ways of living and advancements in the medical field would never have been discovered.
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