What If Columbus Never Discovered America?
What If Columbus Never Discovered America?
Forget everything you know about the United States of America. It is not united anymore, but divided into several independent nations. No, this isn’t the result of a divisive election. This is what America’s borders would look like if it were never stumbled upon by Christopher Columbus. What would this mean for the Indigenous populations that already lived there? Could they have become a global superpower? And how would this impact the development of Europe?
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But columbus didnt discover america natives were already here plus bunch of other races came here before like the chinese theres proof the vikings. Etc that were here before columbus
It wont matter
British and French people will eventually still become the World Powers
And live in a 20th century world (1900-1999)
And the vikings,that discovered the continent centuries before.
Norway and Scottish people might colonize America,due to following Leif Erikkson.
*The actual first person* to discover the new world
America was never discovered,it was STOLEN
When aliens discorvered earth: What if aliens never found earth?
Columbus discovered America, they say in history, as He discovered, there were already people settled there by settlers from Asia – the Indians. They are Indians Turks – Yakuts, Altaians, Khakasses, Kazakhs. We have 70% similar appearance and language with the Indians.
World history will continue American will be discovered anyway by Europe or the uk it’s inevitable
No colonizers in the world forced anyone to Christianity. It was Christian Missionaries who embraced local people and introduced Christ to them and to us.
William Carey, David Livingston and many more are not colonizers. God sent them for us to our places.
What’s up with Abrahamic religions and forceful conversions 🤢
Too much leftist propaganda.
christopher columbus never really discovered anything cuz indiginous persons before did y do yall keep saying he "discovered" trinidad or known to some as La Trinity or he discovered america cuz he didn’t the Vikings discovered america and the Amerindiands diacovered Trinidad.Thus,Chrisropher Columbus REDISCOVERED both countries
Not Christianity ✝️ in that time Catholicism
I think Jesus would of made America for us!!!!!!!
So this colonization helped the indigenous people and the world from strongest tribe and helped bringing food, though you said they were known to have great agriculture. Pathetic! He who writes history will write HISstory.
This dipshit has a holiday named after him in the USA? 😑 Dude was Hitler, before there was a Hitler.
Do you just ly in bed and think : what if ? and then end humanity XD
Wherever Britishers went, pain and suffering followed!
Columbus was NOT Italian; he was Genoan. Italy did not exist until the unification in 1848-1871. This narrator took the time to be woke and technical but simultaneously brushed over European history. Bravo.
I wish all the people here who wish European Colonization never happened were able to magically transfer to a world where America was never colonized…. I’m sure y’all would love it😂 No more Youtube, no more Twitter, no more internet porn, no more hospitals, no more technology, no more antibiotics, no more toilets, etc. etc. you get the point
Does anyone know what’s truly going on with Native American culture nowadays please? And also indigenous people of Central and South America too.
The world would be LITERALLY THE EXACT SAME AS IT IS NOW because Columbus never discovered America nor was he the first European to go to America
If columbus never found america, there will be no Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Mmmmm… No Blues ?
Ancient Asians our forefathers !
basically calculated premeditated genocide in the name of God !
annexed raped and destroyed this land like putin ! do not use the term indian! this land is not India ! and dont say colored people ! such a calculated premaditative term to enslave and control…
Truly true transparent honest good hearted true love is why we are here ! to realize the truth ! true non selfish transparent pure love is the only answer ! May God of ALL help us to see the truth !!! yes we the people of this lonley but beautiful planet earth ! no more us and them ! no more bullying no more bias no more blatant prejudice no more two faced wars in the name of lies or even in the name of God !! when you die you cant take anything with you !!! why so greedy for money and power… !!!
why ??? dont be so blind and gullible filled with fear …
we are all the same ! no more war no more hate but truly transparent true good honest heart !
from an American 🇺🇸🎎🇺🇸
This video makes no sense because Columbus never found America he’s never stepped foot in America North South nor Central he found the Caribbean I can’t believe people are so stupid man y’all being taught that fake history stuff instead of actually doing your research Columbus never stepped foot in America.
First of all, he not only Didn’t even discover America, he never even MADE IT there! He landed in the West Indies for crying out loud..
Please, make a video What if dark ages in Europe did never happen ? What would be the life then?
China would eventually have colonize the America’s and honestly I rather be colonize by Europe than the CCP
The Vikings discovered North America and if Columbus didn’t set foot it would only be a matter of time until Europeans would end up landing in the New World.
He never came to america
America is just new europe
Columbus didn’t discover America, the Vikings did. I know they said that but it makes me sick thinking about Columbus and all the blind credit and the national day he gets (why?! Still?!). Over my dead body is my son going to learn about Columbus in a positive light. Disgusting person.
iiuc, the Tlingit (a tribe in Alaska) were already familiar with the Chinese and Russians. They even made armor out of Chinese currency, called Coin Armor, because currency meant very little to the Tlingit and just saw it as a strong material to make armor out of.
Columbus discovered America
If Columbus never came these Indians would of been the same till now with no advancement
Well the us isn’t very united
If Columbus hadn’t discovered America the Portuguese would have opened up trade within fifty years bringing European diseases and you still would have seen a 90% die off and sterility within a hundred years with the resulting culture loss and loss of stability. Earthworms still would have made it over seas in the ballast of trade ships disrupting ecosystems and starving cultures, and an exchange of food and goods would have happened anyway. Probably on an even larger scale since the Inca would have recovered and run their own ships. The Aztecs would have likely been replaced since it was mostly a native alliance that provided the manpower to topple them, and a new triple alliance would have also gotten onto the seas with better leadership and a more progressive attitude.
Unfortunately human sacrifice, cannibalism, and torture probably would have continued longer, as would slavery. England only paid off it’s debt from the world wide wars to end slavery in 1980 or something like that, and without colonialism they wouldn’t have had the treasure or the local interest to end it. The native Americans might have imported livestock but for many tribes cannibalism and human sacrifice, not to mention the same sort of torture Eurasia saw prior to Christianity were deeply ingrained in the culture. Eventually maybe the impacts that Holland discusses in "Dominion" would have spread to Africa, Asia, and the Americas but . . . without colonialism perhaps not.
A world without Columbus might be a nightmare world with all the worst aspects of the Columbian exchange, and none of it’s benefits to human civilization. Would you want to live in a world where slavery was still rampant and where some of the major powers believed in torture, self flagellation, and wide spread human sacrifice?
Umm… Columbus never set foot on American soil. That was just a story they made up so people would except the Spanish people in America. In fact Christopher Columbus went island to island devastating the natives lifestyle and enslaving them spreading disease. He was actually a tyrant. So yeah.
bruhh colombus didnt discover america a norwegian/swedish viking did
But he didn’t discovered America.
Columbus did discover america. anyway that denies needs to cope. nobody cares about native americans
Europe would eventually discover America regardless. If they still haven’t discovered it yet by the first half of the 20th century, they definitely will once they launch satellites and send the first person to space sometime in the ’50s and ’60s where they will discover the new continent from orbit.
it all worked out in the end. our lives are the best earth has seen yet.
Other person will discovered it .
If America wasn`t discovered, Trump wouldn`t exist. A lovely thought.
😂 😂
Brown washing history
Now this alternate universe I made is just for fun, but I feel like had America not been colonized, everything would probably be about the same, except we wouldn’t speak English, and the entire country would be a casino. You know Las Vegas? Well, LA, Denver, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta, and Miami would be Las Vegas as well. I feel like there would be a large Scandinavian population as well.
You mean what if Magellan discovered America