Globalization In 1492, By Christopher Columbus

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Globalization “In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” But there's more to the story than what we are told in this childhood rhythm. Columbus finding the Americas, that was just the beginning of something that paved the path to our modern world. Maritime voyages like his were giant factors in what lead to the world globalization. Globalization is what lead to modern technology, religion, and social standards being as they are in today's world. However, this was not an event that happened overnight, this was an event that builded over hundreds of years. The end effect changed the political, economical and social norms of the time. Globalization was made possible by Maritime voyages. Since Europe was the most dominant …show more content…

The home nations used these colonies for wealth, trade, and natural resources. Even if these two civilizations were oceans apart, they were under the same rule and were similar to one nation. Christianity was commonly spread and enforced in these colonies which helped unite these nations and become more similar, but there was also the spread of smaller religions that caused conflict. Even though powerful nations went in with the idea of bettering the conquered their intent was not always met with the same result.Upon entering countries Europeans brought disease and killed many of the natives that would have regularly lived a long life. They also diminished many parts of these nations cultures only to be replaced with their own. Overall making these colonies was the beginning of spreading and sharing ideas to make a more unified …show more content…

Pollution was the first of many problems industrialization had when put on a global scale. Large amounts of fuels and waste dumped carelessly during this time in order to keep up with the growth in cities and factories. Another issue faced was the loss of work ethics, people became a part of the system instead of individuals working to make a living. It was treatment like this stop push people to create Unions and Strikes to fight mistreatment while working. This was the beginning of people fighting for human rights publicly and fighting for a better social life. When looking at industrialization on a political, social and economical standpoint it made large footprints in the globalization

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