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Christopher Columbus Age Of Exploitation

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During the late 1400’s-early 1500’s , Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas where the natives had already settled. Columbus was trying to find a quicker route to Asia because of the Turks blocking the trade trail. Columbus claiming the Americas led to everything that happened. Some people would call this the age of exploration because of the new goods discovered during the Columbian exchange. Others would call this the age of exploitation because of all the harassment the natives endured. This was an era of exploitation. Exploitation came about because of Spanish subjugation, the Encomienda system, and diseases brought by the Spanish. There was Spanish subjugation because the natives were brought to the control of the Spanish.
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