As everyone knows, being in the car for 10 minutes is not a big deal â but a 10 hour drive will suck the life out of you. That means we all use time to understand distance. Buffalo is an hour away from where I live in Rochester. New York City, however, is 5 1/2 hours.
Columbus' intention was to reach the Indies, this is actually how  Indians A.K.A. native Americans received their names.Columbus  thought they were from the Indies so he calâ¦led them Indians.   His purpose for going to the Indies was to prove that their was a  faster route that Spain could use to trade with them.
Several European countries followed the trip made by Columbus in search of new trade routes to Asia. They ended up colonizing North America for different economic reasons. Spain colonized America because they were searching for gold and silver.