Christopher Columbus's Impact On The American Indigenous

Christopher Columbus had a huge impact on the American indigenous, mainly the Taino, culture, population, and way of life when he made the first colony in America in 1494 on Hispaniola. Before the first contact between the indigenous people of America and the Europeans, the Taino had flourishing and thriving communities throughout Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, eastern Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Bahamas. These communities had crops such as yucca, sweet potatoes, maize, and beans. Their population had grown to about three million by the time Europeans made contact according to many scholars. These communities were well regulated and outspread across the New World. The communities created pepper gas for times of war, a list