Age of Exploration and Its Effects on Slave Trade and America

European influence in the Americas commenced in the late fifteenth century, when Christopher Columbus set sail for the Indies.However, he discovered a "new world", the Americas. This phenomenal breakthrough would forever change the complextion of the world.
European prominence in the Americas can be viewed as a catastophe. These newcomers exploited gold and silver from the native americans. A more severe consequence to the native americans was the exposure to "old world" diseases such as smallpox and malaria. Their lack of resistance to European diseases lead to a drastic decline in Indian population. On the contrary, the European encounter with the Americas can be seen as an inevitable evolution in history with long-run positive results. …