Christopher Columbus Mistake

When World’s Collide Sometimes the best things in life happen by accident. Take the lightbulb for example, which is allowing you to read this. Playdough, which was meant to be a cleaning supply and is now one of the most beloved children’s toys. Corn flakes, which are only in your pantries because Keith Kellogg forgot the wheat in a batch of bread one day. Even a chef’s minor insulting mistake created potato chips and launched a massive snack industry. So, we shouldn’t be surprised that the minor mistake Christopher Columbus made in 1492, established the United States of America. However, just like the majorly popular previous inventions,
The first of the European powers to step foot in the Americas was Spain, in the form of Christopher Columbus and his men. Columbus was an Italian explorer sponsored by the Spanish monarchs, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand to find an alternative route to the West Indies by heading West across the Pacific Ocean. When he landed in an island in the Bahamas he presumed he had reached India as he planned. As a result, he called the natives “Indians” and the faulty title stuck. Columbus came in contact with several groups of native peoples in the New World, but it was with the Tainos in which he spent most of his time. He immediately noted that the Tainos tribespeople sported gold jewelry that he was after to acquire great wealth. He always observed their personalities and feelings toward the Europeans and concluded they would make easy converts to christianity. Columbus and his men bossed the Tainos around and forced the natives to provide them with food as well as search
When the French first landed in Canada they were friendly with the Indians. One major difference the French took part of was actually inter-marrying with the natives and blending cultures. The natives taught the French how to live off of the land, and the French shared their Christian values with them, but not forcibly. A letter from an Englishmen was written when he came in contact with natives from Illinois that had met the French first. He observed they were more civilized, intelligent, and inquisitive, unlike the savage peoples he often encountered. His biggest finding was that they seemed to be Christian, by choice, simply by the loving example of God that the French introduced them too. The Natives also showed the French their tricks to trapping animals, placing the French ahead in the fur trapping business. However no relationship is ever perfect no matter what the intentions are. The French still spread diseases to the natives of which they lacked the immunity to, and died from. Nevertheless, the overall association between the French and natives they encountered was respectful and beneficial for everyone