To find asia he was trying to find it but he got side tracked and instead of finding asia he found america
of course it does many things in history caused how we are now, such as ww1 without it there would be no ww2 or no cold war ww1 was a big turning point in history cause it set out the rest of the 20th century
The Open Door Notes - sent by U.S. Secretary of State John Hay in 1899 to open up Chinese ports to American merchants. European powers had "spheres of influence" in different port cities throughout China, and the United States wanted access to China's markets.
