How Did Columbus Influence The Americans

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Columbus's expedition arrived October 12, 1492 to the Antilles. The December 5, 1492 Columbus reached the island of the Spanish, now divided into two countries, Haiti and Dominican Republic, and established the first European settlement in the New World.Later on several trips, the Spanish were exploring and establishing small colonies, first in the archipelago of the Antilles, then in the mainland, ie the Americas.

The conquests shape Spanish influence in Europe in different way. The gold and silver that was brought to Spain from the New World, was going no where because Spain was not getting any richer. Spaniers spend all the wealth that they brought from the New World like water. Most of the wealth went to pay for hiring foreigh soldiers