How did Christopher Columbus achievements help society?

Answer 1

Columbus did not set out to discover a New World. He set out with a desire to expand the knowledge of the known sea and sea trade routes, to discover the riches of the Indies, to reap commercial success for Spain, and to increase his own wealth and the future prosperity of his family. While never knowing exactly what he had discovered, his voyage made other explorers willing to embark on voyages that would come to make up the Era of Discovery. He was the first and his voyages encouraged others. As a result of Columbus's voyages to the New World, a biological pipeline between America and Europe opened up that had been apart since before humans appeared on earth. The lands had drifted apart that had once been connected. Some species of plants and animals flourished in both areas, and some did not. There were many new animals and plants in the Americas that Europeans had never seen. And, Europeans brought plants and animals to the New World that America had never seen. This "Colombian Exchange," while bringing viruses and other biological germs to both areas of the world which neither side had experienced before, was also a cultural exchange. New agricultural developments were traded, economic activity and opportunities opened up between the New and Old Worlds, and new ideas were exchanged.

Answer 2

His voyages, and his efforts to establish permanent settlements on the Island of Hispaniola, initiated the process of Spanish colonization and foreshadowed the general European colonization of the New World.

Answer 3

his society was to sail around the cottonwood river

Answer 4

He brought old world diseases to the Native Americans.