How Did Native Americans Shaped The Early North Americas?

In the early North Americas, many new settlers decided to use the land for their own benefit. Europeans took advantage of the resources that Native Americans had to offer in these early colonies. Many Europeans migrated to theses unknown including the English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and more. During this period, the new settlers were pulled towards these land by many factors, but unquestionably there were also push factors. Since the beginning of time in the early North Americas it has never been the best time for everyone, but it is how America came to be today and what helped shaped our country a long time ago. As Gary B. Nash explains, the arrival of men in the North Americas can be dated back to about 35,000 B.C. Through time the land evolved until Christopher Columbus arrived to the new world in 1942 by accident as he reasoned that he was on the east indies, but that was untrue. Columbus continued to sail four more times in the attempt of finding profits until he found gold in Hispaniola in 1492. As time progressed, new European settlers migrated to the North Americas with ambition and the idea of profiting from the Native Americans. Once settled,
These men were usually led by military figures, Cortes and Pizarro among others, as they established authority of Spain and the church. As the Spanish grew closer to conquering major centers of native population they managed to establish the triangular trade. This trade consisted of African American slaves being taken out of their colonies and exploited for labor in order to extract gold and silver. Portugal was other dominating factor in the Americas as they had taken over the Atlantic islands and established centers of trade on the east west African coasts. The Portuguese were pulled into the North Americas due to sugar production as that is what they benefited