The Most Important Outcomes of the Voyages of Exploration The voyages had many outcomes that were important,

but the way to judge what is most important, one must find those longest lasting effects !or instance, in the case of the European voyages of exploration and discoveries, it is the destruction of the Inca and "#tec civili#ations, the trans$ "tlantic slave trade and the emergence of colonial powers li%e &reat 'ritain and !rance, have since effected the world a great deal and continue to do so The Incas and "#tecs are still gone, "frican$ "mericans are very important people in the history and current time of the (nited )tates of "merica *the current world power+, and finally, borders of many countries that were set up by colonial powers such as &reat 'ritain and !rance *empires that were the product of the voyages+ still exist today It is common %nowledge To begin with, a ,uestion must be raised- .hy is it that the destruction of the Inca and "#tec civili#ations is so important/ The reason it is so important is because so many people were effected by it and till this day, the "#tec and Inca civili#ation is nonexistent The most notable remains of them are stories of human sacrifice, the 0a#ca lines and places such as Machu 1icchu )imply it is the fact of how different the world might have been today if the "#tec or Inca civili#ations carried on and flourished more so, that ma%es their absence so important 1eople will never %now for sure )econdly, the trans$"tlantic slave trade system is such an important outcome of the voyages because it is what brought the first "fricans to the "mericas On a heavier note, it is also what too% slavery to a whole new level by forcing "fricans to wor% tirelessly in fields of sugar cane and centuries later, cotton 'ut in the long run, it was the trans$"tlantic slave trade that brought them to the "merican continents Eventually, these people were freed and the "frican$"merican culture flourished Many important people who contributed to "merica2s history and popular culture *a history and culture of reasonable importance on a world scale as well+ were and are "frican$"merican The speeches and wor%s of civil rights leaders and activists li%e Martin 3uther 4ing 5r and Malcom 6 still affect the hearts of millions today The list of famous athletes and entertainers who have progressed and hence contributed to 0orth "merican society is too long to even begin 5a##, 7ap, and hip$hop are enormous genres of music and it all started with the sad songs and heartfelt hymns of those "fricans who were enslaved and oppressed by the whites "nd they may have not been here if it wasn2t for the terrible trans$"tlantic slave trade Thirdly, after the voyages, colonial empires li%e &reat 'ritain and !rance began practically coloni#ing the entire world The English had coloni#ed so many places that the sun never set in &reat 'ritain Till this day, borders that they drew still exist "lso, many countries adopted English as a second language and 8hristianity as their religion because of the coloni#ing that was done In fact, these colonial powers probably contributed a lot in terms of ma%ing 8atholicism the most common religion in the world These, of course, are the reasons why the emergence of the colonial powers are one of the most significant outcomes of exploration Imperial colonialism is the system that allowed the .est to influence an incredibly large portion of the world Its effects are still present The (nited )tates of "merica is probably the most important product of the colonial empire of 'ritain, as it is currently the leading world power The first to land on the moon, the world2s best military and technologies, and the deadly "merican dollar are only a few things from a large list of what ma%es the ( ) " notable "nd what started the (nited )tates was &reat 'ritain "nd what started &reat 'ritain were the voyages of exploration and discovery !inally, it is because the effects that the )panish In,uisition, the Trans$"tlantic slave trade and the emergence of the colonial empires *which all sprouted from the voyages+ lasted so long that they

are most important The Inca and "#tec civili#ations are still lost in the dust of time The "frican "merican community remains as one of the most important communities in 0orth and )outh "merica The (nited )tates of "merica continues its world rule, for now