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Christopher Columbus and the New World
Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the New World was a negative historical event. Christopher Columbus’ findings led to the exploitation and slavery of the Native Americans. The contact of the Europeans with the New World’s Natives brought many diseases to the New World, which eventually led to the destruction of the Indians. The Europeans exploited the New World and destroyed the harmony with nature that the Native Americans had maintained for thousands of years. The Europeans brought a new disease, syphilis, back to Europe from the New World. Eventually, Columbus’ discovery of the New World led to the decline and eventual eradication of a rich Indian culture that had been developing for thousands of years.
When Christopher Columbus first came to the New World, he said he believed that the Indians themselves were the New World’s riches, yet he did nothing to protect them. Columbus said “the Indians of this island . ....