SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION
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He sailed again to find treasure
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Many countries competed for control of the new land
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The people did not believe him
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Columbus’s journeys to the Americas opened the way for European countries to colonize and exploit those lands and their peoples. Trade was soon established between Europe and the Americas. Plants native to the Americas (such as potatoes, tomatoes, and tobacco) were imported to Europe.
Detailed explanation-2: -On October 12, 1492, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus made landfall in what is now the Bahamas. Columbus and his ships landed on an island that the native Lucayan people called Guanahani. Columbus renamed it San Salvador.
Detailed explanation-3: -The men took these as bad signs. On October 12, after 71 days at sea, land was sighted. Columbus and his men rowed ashore and planted a flag in the sand. They claimed the island which they named San Salvador for Spain.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Columbian Exchange connected almost all of the world through new networks of trade and exchange. The inter-continental transfer of plants, animals, knowledge, and technology changed the world, as communities interacted with completely new species, tools, and ideas.