Native American Exploration Research Paper

The source states that “Historians no longer use the word “discovery” to describe the European exploration”(Foner 6) , which was especially interesting because it could be contradicted that the Indians discovered North America instead of the Europeans.
The Indians were the first to step foot and inhabit the land before Columbus found it and further colonized it.
It seems appropriate to say that Columbus was not the founder of the land, but a visitor to an unindustrialized island, that was new to him and Europe.

With the conquest of the newly-found Africa, came the introduction of slavery, which led to the enslavement of nearly 7.7 million African slaves by Europe between 1492 and 1820.
The Europeans believed that this New World would provide them with the riches that couldn’t be found in Europe. Along with these riches, Europeans were also in search of religious and further social equality.

Although these two cultures had differing views, did the Europeans believe they were superior over the Indians because they were more educated ? or because of their strong nationalism and believed they were more superior than any other country?
Few Indian societies had a form of caste system where the Great Sun or a chief was the top, followed by nobles and then the common people at the bottom.
Wealth was not necessarily as important in deciding the social class of a person as much as culture was.
The family life was mainly defined around women instead of the traditional men; they were able to divorce their husbands, and be the leader of the