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What Were the most important long term consequences of Columbus's encounters in the Americas?
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∙ 9y ago
Lots of Europeans, especially Spaniards, visited the 'New World', and seriuosly devastated the local populations. Also, this lead to the start of the Age of Discovery, 3 more voyages were made by Christopher Columbus, Spain becoming wealthy and learning more about art and culture.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe voyages of Columbus have been over celebrated in recent history. In his own time he was considered a failure and not having accomplished much. In 1792 in NYC the first Columbus Day parade took place put on by an Italian American society. From this point it has grown to what we know today and the myth of Columbus.
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∙ 13y agoIt opened the way for European exploration, exploitation and settlement of the Americas and had a negative impact on the native American population.
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