What year was America discovered?

Answer 1

If your trying to answer a question in elementary school test, then the answer is:America was discovered by Christopher Columbus in the year 1492.

However, this is a trick question.

According to many Europeans, America was discovered in 1492. Although, what was really discovered were the islands of the Caribbean. Of course, at the time, they didn't call it America but the 'Far East,' which is what they were looking for in the first place.

But if you think about it, there were already people here already, so by definition, they had already discovered America. It's kinda like walking into your neighbors house and saying, 'Hey I discovered this house.'

The people who were here already came here 10-20 thousand years earlier. They came from Asia over the bearing straight. Actually, for that matter, Columbus wasn't even the first European to discover America, as there is much evidence that the Vikings actually came to America about 500 years earlier.

So, really, the question is faulty. The real question should be:

What year was America Discovered the second known time by White Europeans who were apparently unaware of the fact that hundreds of thousands of Asians discovered it 20 thousand years earlier.

Answer 2

1492