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…