Effect of European settlement in Western Hemisphere

The choice Columbus and many other Europeans made to conquer and almost exterminate the Native Americans would never be made by anyone today, but was it the right choice at the time? The answer is yes. While many Native Americans died from disease and from wars of conquest, without the technology and ideas brought over by the Europeans we would not have the same form of government or the luxuries that are now commonplace . The consequences of the European settlement on the western hemisphere were positive. There were many negatives but with out the settlement none of us would be here today.