The European invasion of the Americas displayed the dark side of human nature, and indeed it was a terrible time, but especially for the indigenous people of the Americas. For the inidgenous people, the expansion of Europe proved to be the begining of the end of their prolific and comfortable existence, and nothing short of disastrous for them.
It's interesting to note the degree of cruelty used by the early explorers and settlers. Their stark disregard for human rights and ethnocentrism is shocking. It is difficult to concieve how persons can remove all moral direction, particularly since the Europeans supposedly based their morals on the Christian teachings.
But the initial explorations were flawed from the moment they were conceived, since their were founded on the selfish greed of powerful monarchs and merchants. Could we really expect Columbus to have behaved any differently, being that his moral compass was misdirected by his commitment to his investors, as a first rate business man? (See a short video on Columbus as a business man at the History Channel website by clicking HERE.)
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