During the late 15th century, Christopher Columbus persuaded Queen Isabella to sponsor him on a trip across the sea in hopes of finding riches. Columbus sailed on his voyage across the sea and eventually came across land which he believed to be Asia. The island Columbus actually landed on however, would come to be known as the “New World”. Even though he had not reached Asia, he was pleasantly surprised with what he had discovered. Columbus discovered land rich in gold and inhabited with people he believed were perfect candidates for slavery. Columbus returned to Spain and delivered this news to the queen, who believed forming colonies in the Americas was a good way to increase the country’s wealth. Soon, a voyage was underway to form colonies …show more content…
Pedro Caval, a Portuguese navigator, stumbled upon Brazil when his voyage took a westward course along the ocean. He continued on his voyage but the Portuguese came back in 1501 with intentions of exploring and discovering the land. The first major comparison the Portuguese and the Spanish had were their interest in setting up colonies in these newly found lands. Both countries saw an opportunity to expand their land and possibly their wealth. The Spanish however, were exceedingly more forward with forming a permanent colony in the Caribbean right away. The reason for this was because they knew there was a possibility for gaining expediential wealth available to them. When Europeans first arrived on the island Hispaniola, the natives were willing to trade gold for just about anything they offered them. Queen Isabella heard about the potential riches in these lands and soon more than 2000 colonist had arrived in Hispaniola. These new colonist supported themselves by searching for gold on the islands highlands. The Portuguese did not have a commodity of such value in their newly established colony; instead the natives in this land had brazilwood, a type of dyewood. The Portuguese at the time were trying to develop their commercial empire in Asia, so King Manuel I decided that establishing a significant government in the country was unnecessary. For the first two …show more content…
Columbus is quoted saying that the natives were “exceedingly straightforward and trustworthy and most liberal with all that they have” along with being “readily submissive”. As said before the natives were also more than willing to trade their gold for whatever simple tools the Europeans were willing to offer them. The Spanish did not return the hospitality however, forcing the local natives to work for them and capturing many more along the Caribbean to make them slaves. The population of the natives in the Caribbean began to rapidly decline in the years following the Europeans arrival. Many of them died battling the Spanish in attempts of getting the intruders to leave, while many others could not handle the work the Europeans were forcing upon them. The Spanish who engaged in these acts of slavery believed they were in the right the entire way through. Their reasoning for this was since the natives rejected Christianity, they had what was coming to them. While this may come off as barbaric, many people thought this way in the 15th century. The Portuguese did not treat the natives of Brazil with such hostility when they arrived however. The natives and the Portuguese were able to coexist equally for a number of years, most natives traded their dyewood logs for knives and other simple tools happily with the new immigrants. Some of the Portuguese men even ended up
The Spaniards believed they were better than the natives, however, instead of enslaving them, Cabeza de Vaca and his men became enslaved by the Indians. The group lost everything, besides faith. For example, “one of the gentlemen in our company, died; and the boat we had intended to go infoundered and could not float, and later it sank. And as we were in the condition I have described and most of us were naked, and the weather was too severe for marching… that if God Our Loard was pleased to bring them there…” (Castaways
Columbus believed these people were easy to manipulate and take control over therefore, that's what he did. Although, he was told to treat these people with kindness he did the complete opposite expecting there to be no cause. He treated them horribly with brutality and severe violence. He even noted in one of his journals that the natives looked like they'd be good servants. Columbus also put natives to work for profits.
Christopher Columbus sailed to the New World in search of a new trade route to India. But instead he came to the New World, thinking he landed in India. Not knowing where he was, Columbus called the natives 'Indians’. Columbus began colonizing the New World for his country, Spain. He brought back precious metals, animals, and disease back and forth between continents.
Christopher Columbus Is Columbus really the man we think he is? Columbus is a well known figure for he discovered America and led other explorers and conquistadors there too. He has impacted history greatly and is argued to be either a positive or negative person. He may be skilled and courageous, but he’s actually a bad guy inside. Columbus is a villain due to how he planned to use the natives, and how conceited and harsh the Spanish were.
In his search for the expected gold, Columbus first encounters the Arawaks who he describes as remarkable for their hospitality and then decides that they would make fine servants. However, due to the lack of gold, Columbus takes some of them as prisoners to lead them to Cuba, where he built the first European military base. Just as he had reported about the Arawaks, the indians in Cuba as well were naive and offered to share with anyone. Because of these successes, Columbus was later sent off with more ships and men. After learning that there was no more gold to be found, the only resort was to turn the natives into slaves.
During the 15th and 16th centuries, leaders of a few European nations sent expeditions out in the hope that explorers would find great wealth and vast undiscovered lands. The Portuguese were the earliest participants in this “Age of Discovery.” Starting in about 1420, Portuguese ships sailed the African coast, carrying spices, gold, slaves and other goods from Africa and Asia to Europe.
When Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas in 1492 america was Discovered which he also took our gold and tried to take the native land. Document B is a letter that Columbus wrote when he discovered America “On the thirty-third day after leaving Cadiz I came into the Indian Sea, where I discovered many islands inhabited by numerous people. I took possession of all of them for our most fortunate King... no one making any resistance” this is part of the letter he wrote this means that when he discovered the Americas he found the natives and they all became friends article A backs this evidence up because they talk about how Columbus was happy to see Indians in the new land and how he was brave and cool but it wasn’t always like that.
In 1492 a man named Christopher Columbus was given the opportunity to find a new way to the kingdom of spice, India. He was given three boats by the Spanish king to sail west instead of east to get to India. Once he arrived although he thought he was in India he had actually arrived in the Caribbean. After this discovery of a new world to the west, many European countries set out to conquer this new land. This new world was inhabited by natives, and once the natives met the Europeans it was downhill.
Eventually Columbus got all of the ships and money that he needed for his first voyage from Spain’s Queen Isabella. Later on, he had reached the opportunity to achieve his main goal that was caused by selfishness, he wanted to become rich. Queen Isabella was also just as selfish as Columbus was. The only reason that
On October 12, 1492, an Italian merchant by the name of Christopher Columbus landed on an island in the New World. With him he brought three ships and a small crew of Spaniards. After exploring other islands, Columbus came one that he called Hispaniola; here, they found seemingly primitive and naϊve natives that they immediately began to take advantage of. However, little did they know that this first meeting would bring exploration of South and Central America that would wreak havok among the Natives. Throughout the period of European Expansion, Natives were ripped from their home and forced to work day in and day out.
Columbus reportedly traded pieces of his ship for gold, and was given a golden mask by a native chief. He later said in court (believing he had reached India) “There are many spices, and great mines of gold and other metals…”. After learning of the untapped natural resources and potential for wealth, European nations created an exploration frenzy, with constant voyages to the new world. The nations which sponsored these expeditions would give the explorers a cut of all the gold they found, which helped motivate conquistadors to make the long and treacherous journey to the New World. These explorers knew gold would bring wealth and power to them and their country, in addition to achieving tremendous glory for both.
When more and more people came from different countries to collect the riches that Columbus had found, neighboring countries felt the urge to send residents on a permanent voyage to discover the riches like Christopher Columbus had done. It wasn’t just two or three countries who followed this mechanism either In the French colonial regions, they were focused on trade, specifically of fur with the natives. While the French were focused on trade, a large portion of their income came from fish. Along with that, farming developed, mainly to provide support.
Christopher Columbus is a man who is commonly depicted as a hero and great explorer who discovered our modern day America, but many of the so called “facts” are not all completely true as people would like to believe. Columbus was undoubtedly a courageous explorer who brought many new ideas, cultures, and resources to be exchanged between the New World and Europe. While this is true, it is not uncommon for people to forget the harmful effects brought along with the voyages made by Columbus and the darker details of his times in America. Columbus started from humble middle class family. Columbus was born in 1451 in the Republic of Genoa as the oldest of his four siblings.
During his journey he found an air passage that will help transport goods to the new world, he also found that the trip west took longer than anticipated and Columbus lied on the distance they traveled so the crew does not worry ( eyewitnesstohistory.com). Once Columbus crew found out that he had lied to them he promised them and if they don 't see land in the next two days they will turn back and head home (eyewitnesstohistory.com). That next day Columbus and his crew had spotted land and all of the crew members were anxious to set foot and discover what they have found (eyewitnesstohistory.com). Once they got close to land Columbus knew that he did not find Asia but instead he found the Caribbean islands (eyewitnesstohistory.com). After meeting the locals or the Tainos they encountered that they had gold, silver, pearls, and salves (history.com).
The valuable things Brazil had caused a lot of people, like the French and Spanish to want to enter Brazil and take over, but Portuguese fought against