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.
Lesson 5: Christopher Newport. Teacher Background Knowledge: Captain Christopher Newport sailed from England to Jamestown. Newport had three goals: 1.) He wanted to discover riches. 2.) He wanted to find a western sea route to the continent of Asia. 3.) He wanted to colonize Virginia.