FratFiles

• Save Paper

When Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, little did he know he would mistakenly anchor in what is now known as the most powerful country in the world, the United States of America. Benefiting millions of people, it could be said that this was perhaps the most profitable and greatest mistake ever made. Columbus had originally intended to find a western route to India. Not even knowing there was a ginormous land mass blocked the way, he sailed until he reached the Americas and erroneously named the native peoples of the land "Indians." Who knew that Columbus's poor navigational skills and lack of a geographical sense would lead him to become one of the most famous names in history? He certainly did not. His financers, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, obviously did not either. Although Columbus initiated the beginnings of the American nation and society, other factors helped. Along with Columbus's world-changing mistake, the great society and nation......

View the rest of this paper...

Approximate Word Count: 696
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

Similar Essays

1. Democracy Makes America Great
   

   Democracy Makes America Great When Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, little did he know he would mistakenly anchor in what is now known as the most powerful

2. Democracy In America
   

   Democracy in America As America distanced itself from Great Britain's government, it attempted to create a more democratic society. America succeeded in religious democracy,

3. Democracy
   

   have some things in common; but, the features of what makes them different are what truly makes the two objects opposite. The American and Athenian democracies are two examples of

4. Democracy
   

   most proud of about their own country, they might tell you about art, or architecture, great literary works, or the natural beauty of the land. But here in America, one of the

5. Early Colonial
   

   proclaiming basic rights and procedures which later become the foundation stone of modern democracy. 1492 - Christopher Columbus makes the first of four voyages to the New World,