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Christopher Columbus begins reign of terrorism against the Indigenous peoples and lands of "the Americas."

1492

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He is searching for gold, people to enslave, and other resources to steal for the Queen of Spain. Columbus first lands at Guanahani, which he names "San Salvador," in the area of the Caribbean Islands that is today called the Bahamas.