Contact with the Europeans changed life in the new world by...?
Which voyages gave Europeans new knowledge of the world?
1790
1502, 10 years before Christopher Columbuses discovery of the New World.
Before Spanish explorers and conquistadors struck down the Inca empire, the most common method of transportation was walking and carrying goods and other products. The New World, before the Europeans arrived did not make use of the wheel, nor did they have horses. Europeans introduced these to the New World.
Europeans, although diseases did exist in the new world before the Europeans arrived. They just brought more.
The Europeans explored the New World with ships.
Contact with the Europeans changed life in the new world by...?
Which voyages gave Europeans new knowledge of the world?
Contact with the Europeans changed life in the new world by...?
Clearly the Western Hemisphere called the "New World" had been occupied by Native American Tribes and civilizations for thousands of years before Europeans began to make settlements in the Western Hemisphere. Scientists believe that thousands of years ago peoples from Asia had crossed into North America and moved South all the way into southern South America.
Europeans
1790
The New World
The Europeans wanted gold from the new world. Other desired resources were silver, copper and food.
Because other Africans sold them to the Europeans as slaves and the new world colonies needed workers.
The quest of European nations to find a sea route to the riches of the Far East was the first reason that Spain, England, France, Portugal and the Netherlands "landed" upon a new Hemisphere ( the "Western Hemisphere or the New World" ). This "new" world was already occupied for thousands of years by "Native American" peoples who many scientists believe originated from Asia. So yes, for Europeans, the Continents of North & South America were new to Europe but "home" to millions of Native Americans for thousands of years.