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Today, everyone in America is allowed to celebrate and practice their favored religion. If Columbus had never discovered the Americas, we would've most likely been practicing the same religion as everyone.
Paige J.

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If Columbus never discovered the Americas, the Columbian Exchange may have never happened, and Europeans wouldn't trade their stuff for crops native to America, such as:
-Potatoes
-Cocoa
-Tobacco
-Cashews

Michelle A.

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European diseases would not have spread to the Native Americans and wiped out a portion of their population.

Celena R.

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If Columbus never discovered the Americas, our culture and history would be very different than what we are today. We may have descended from the Mayans and our religion would all be the same. Slavery would not be apart of our history because we would've never found out about the Africans.
Paige J.

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If Columbus hadn't sailed west and discovered the Americas, certain civilizations may not have been wiped out.

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If Columbus hadn't sailed west and discovered the Americas, certain civilizations may not have been wiped out.

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https://driftwoodchronicle.wordpress.com/2015/10/12/why-columbus-day-is-a-profanity-and-should-be-wiped-from-our-calendar/

Michelle A.

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Even if Columbus had not discovered the Americas, it would still have been settled by the Europeans, eventually. The reason being that the knowledge about "that land to the West" was known to at least some Europeans.
Sky C.

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Had Columbus not discovered the Americas, slavery would not have expanded the way it did.

Celena R.

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As Columbus discovered America, he also discovered the millions of gold and silver mines.  Since Spain hired Columbus to go to the Americas, they claimed these large amounts of gold and silver and used  this to create one of the first global economic systems. if Columbus hadn't found the Americas, those other countries wouldn't be able to trade goods for silver and gold, and there wouldn't be a larger and earlier  established global economy.
------------kelsey v.