How Did Christopher Columbus Discovered America
Andre Roberts
Professor Dockswell
AMH 2010
14 November 2014
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus is known for discovering the “new-world”, including America and other countries. Although, there is a lot of controversy surrounding whether or not he should be dubbed as the person who discovered America. It is only said that he discovered America because no one in Europe had ever been to America before. Columbus was doubted by his King and his Queen to even survive the trip. However, when Columbus came back and showed the King and Queen the 12 Taino tribesman he kidnapped, they started funding expeditions for explorers such as himself and John Cabot, they also started making profit off local products such as rice tobacco and sugar, and slowly killing the natives with their diseases while doing this (Early American slavery quotes). To …show more content…
This is where the Encomienda System came into play. The encomienda system was an exploitive labor system designed by Spain’s government to reward conquistadors by granting them administrative control over Native American labor and territory (Early American slavery quotes). Conquistadors were usually Alpha males and were responsible for creating Spain’s empire in the “New World”. And usually an empire has demands.
Eventually, the Europeans started profiting off prostitution, mining, domestics, plantation labor, maritime work and merchant goods delivery (Early American slavery quotes). In order for these industries to run efficiently they enslaved natives witch did not work out because they always ran away or died from diseases. So they went to Africa and forced men and women on their ships them forced them to either work on plantations, prostitute themselves or mine. Even if the African slaves ran away they would be caught because they did not know the area. This type of living would later go on for
Professor Dockswell
AMH 2010
14 November 2014
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus is known for discovering the “new-world”, including America and other countries. Although, there is a lot of controversy surrounding whether or not he should be dubbed as the person who discovered America. It is only said that he discovered America because no one in Europe had ever been to America before. Columbus was doubted by his King and his Queen to even survive the trip. However, when Columbus came back and showed the King and Queen the 12 Taino tribesman he kidnapped, they started funding expeditions for explorers such as himself and John Cabot, they also started making profit off local products such as rice tobacco and sugar, and slowly killing the natives with their diseases while doing this (Early American slavery quotes). To …show more content…
This is where the Encomienda System came into play. The encomienda system was an exploitive labor system designed by Spain’s government to reward conquistadors by granting them administrative control over Native American labor and territory (Early American slavery quotes). Conquistadors were usually Alpha males and were responsible for creating Spain’s empire in the “New World”. And usually an empire has demands.
Eventually, the Europeans started profiting off prostitution, mining, domestics, plantation labor, maritime work and merchant goods delivery (Early American slavery quotes). In order for these industries to run efficiently they enslaved natives witch did not work out because they always ran away or died from diseases. So they went to Africa and forced men and women on their ships them forced them to either work on plantations, prostitute themselves or mine. Even if the African slaves ran away they would be caught because they did not know the area. This type of living would later go on for