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Was the Age of Exploration a time of discovery or invasion? Respond below. 

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Was the Age of Exploration a time of discovery or invasion? Respond below. 

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The word invasion is a bit of a stretch, but the age of exploration was definitely a bit closer to an invasion than a discovery. Hernan Cortes is a great example. He and his men went to Cuba, where they found an Aztec civilization. He would slaughter the Aztecs for gold and also because the Aztecs would refuse to convert to Christianity. He also captured the king of Aztecs, Montezuma, and made a ransom of a lot of gold and other valuable things. Christopher Columbus did find America, but he took natives as slaves. And Henry the Navigator mapped the coast of Africa, but he wanted to stop the spread of Muslim Kingdoms. So a lot of messed up things happened in the process of exploring and conquering the "New World"(s). The English also attempted to convert the natives to Christianity, but they took a much peaceful approach. Another major problem with some of these explorations is the spread of new diseases that some of those people do not have a good enough immunity to, which caused a lot of people to die. It could've been that the indigenous people got infected or that the explorers got infected, either way it's really bad. For example, the Spanish spread Small Pox to the Aztecs. And since they had never seen it, they had no medicine so there was no way to be cured. Obviously that would've been the Spanish's fault, since they brought it from Spain. And with the English, when they got to America, the English got infected with a disease called Scurvy, which was most likely spread from the Natives to the English. Which at this point, the Natives don't take the blame because they were already there.
Obviously exploring has some risks, but yes, the age of exploration was sort of an invasion.

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The English seem to be putting up a cross, so they might want to convert the natives to Christianity like the Spanish wanted to do with the Aztecs. The natives are also trading with the Europeans.

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When Hernan Cortes comes, a comet starts trouble, some of the Spanish men separated from the rest which was against their orders.

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+Having more resources.
-Having to fight/kill indigenous people.

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If someone isn't Christian, the Europeans are allowed to take anything they want from them including their land.

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The Aztecs built a big city called Tenochtitlan, and when the Spanish saw it they were all amazed with all the buildings like the temples for their idols.

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+Sharing culture and beliefs
-People might refuse, and people could be killed for not wanting to believe.

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A disease is spreading and they're all getting sick. It is kind of like the small pox that the Spanish spread to the Aztecs. However the natives and the Europeans are getting along.

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The Aztecs start to think Cortes is a God, so he was afraid that they would soon figure out that he wasn't one. So he captures Montezuma and makes a ransom of a lot of gold and jewelry. But Cortes attempts to convert them to Christianity and riots start, so they are forced out of the city.

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+The Spanish have more resources and wealth
-The indigenous people will have less resources/wealth themselves

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John Smith is hunting down people and hurting, just how the Spanish were slaughtering people and how Cortes captured Montezuma.

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Cortes goes back to slay and pillage in Tenochtitlan. Montezuma ran away because he had no defense against them. The Spanish also brought small pox to the Aztecs, which killed a lot of people. The Aztecs tried to save their city but surrendered, which led to the Spanish destroying the city more, and built what is now Mexico city on the ruins on Tenochtitlan.

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+They get fame
-The truth about what actually happened might not be told.

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They tried to install the religion into the colony. The natives seem confused by the cross, probably because they don't know what it meant. And someone is kneeling kind of like the Aztecs believed Hernan Cortes was a God.

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Did Cortes embody the human spirit of exploration and acquisition of knowledge?

Not really, because if he did he would've taken a much better approach and interacted in a much nicer way with the Aztecs. But then again they had no choice because all of their ships were burned. He still did a lot of horrible things to the Aztecs.

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+Explorers get more things to try
-Indigenous people will lose their own spices

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Two Powhatan sons came aboard of the English ship to see their sister Pocahontas and convinced their father to be friends with the English people. And in the Spanish there was no marriages.

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+create more ways to gain new tings like spices and silk
- diseases spread

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+mapped the coast of Africa and established a sailing school.
-wanted to stop the spread of Muslim kingdoms.

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Were the English and French any different from the Spanish when they reached the New World?

The French and English were similar to the Spanish in various ways. For example the English seemed to be trying to convert them to Christianity like the Spanish with the Aztecs, an illness also spread in both instances, however the English were much more friendly with the natives. The French were a bit more aggressive, because if someone wasn't Christian they could take anything they wanted.

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+found America as a place to colonize in
-Took natives for slaves

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Were these motives and causes for exploration harmless?

No, because of these explorations, indigenous people had a lot to lose. For example, Columbus took natives for slaves and Henry wanted to map the coast of Africa just to stop the spread of the Muslim kingdoms. And because of other things like new trade routes, and explorers wanting fame, money, and spices, the Natives suffered things like being killed, getting infected with new diseases, and some people were enslaved. Even though the Europeans motives might have been harmless, the outcome was really harmful.