Yes, there were already indigenous people living there!
Christopher Columbus lived long before the United States was established. He arrived in the Bahamas in 1492. The US was established in 1776.
The West Indies were inhabited by indigenous peoples when Christopher Columbus arrived. These included the Taino in the Bahamas and Cuba, the Caribs in the Lesser Antilles, and the Arawak in the Greater Antilles.
Arrived in 1492
Technically, Columbus never arrived in what is now mainland America. However his first voyage across the Atlantic was in 1492. There's a handy rhyme: Columbus sailed the ocean blue, in fourteen hundred and ninety-two. He hit the Bahamas and thought he was in India
When Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas, he thought he had landed in Asia, specifically in the East Indies.
Christopher Columbus lived long before the United States was established. He arrived in the Bahamas in 1492. The US was established in 1776.
The West Indies were inhabited by indigenous peoples when Christopher Columbus arrived. These included the Taino in the Bahamas and Cuba, the Caribs in the Lesser Antilles, and the Arawak in the Greater Antilles.
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Arrived in 1492
Technically, Columbus never arrived in what is now mainland America. However his first voyage across the Atlantic was in 1492. There's a handy rhyme: Columbus sailed the ocean blue, in fourteen hundred and ninety-two. He hit the Bahamas and thought he was in India
When Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas, he thought he had landed in Asia, specifically in the East Indies.
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Christopher Columbus is often credited with discovering America on October 12, 1492. However, it is important to note that indigenous people were already living in the Americas before Columbus arrived.
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When Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas in 1492, he believed he had landed in Asia, specifically in the East Indies.
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