history. For example, Columbus Day, why do we celebrate it? Well, from one’s point of view, we celebrate this holiday for several reasons, one of these reasons are because it recalls Christopher Columbus' entry to the Americas on October 12, 1492. This occasion is questionable on the grounds that the European settlement in the Americas prompted the downfall of the history and culture, of the indigenous people groups. What are some of the pros and cons from naming Columbus Day to Indigenous Day?
failure. A fantastic example of two foreign parties coming together is when Christopher Columbus an Italian explorer, came to the Spanish Monarchs, King Ferdinand, and Queen Isabella with the proposition of a faster trade route to the Asia with their fabled gold and spice islands. Christopher Columbus the extremely determined explorer had the plan to sail for Spain and for the people in search of a route. Columbus peaked the curiosity of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella with this proposition despite
mistakes, and historical inaccuracies. Columbus is portrayed as a highly ambitious, courageous man who fought for equality and defended the honor and lives of the “heathens” while the indigenous people, or the “Indians” were brute savages, killing and manipulating at whim. Many tried to thwart his every move, and those who didn’t ended up betraying him, despite how he “protected” them and viewed him as his equal. During the beginning of the story, Columbus says “if the natives are to be converted
of America celebrate Columbus day not knowing how he truly influenced us and the individuals who preceded us. Columbus has been known for some great things over a drawn out stretch of time, yet now we are going to the acknowledgment that he didn't generally do anything great. So what are the pro and cons of celebrating this holiday? To start of, why do we celebrate Columbus Day? Americans have created many pros to why we should celebrate Columbus Day. One of these pros is up until Columbus’s
Pro: Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer of the 16th century, was sent on a voyage to find a short route to Asia. As it turned out, Columbus landed in the Americas, which was called the New World. The discovery of the New World promoted expansion and settlement for the Spanish. Following the discovery, Spain adopted three goals: Gold, Glory, and God. Significantly, the settlement of the gave extensive opportunities to the Spanish, such as an increase in wealth, an introduction to new crops
Ever heard of Christopher Columbus? Do you celebrate Columbus Day? If you do either then you have probably heard of his “great” accomplishments, and if so have you heard about what he caused and did to get that fame. Christopher Columbus has done some terrible things like almost completing genocide. Celebrating Columbus Day is like thanking him for all the horrible things he has done. Christopher Columbus should be judged by today's standards because he had enslaved many natives to the West Indies
Christopher Columbus and he was born in Genoa, Italy. In his adulthood, he was known all over the world as the best explorer and navigator. He had numerous discoveries in his lifetime and was fancied by many rulers who sought what he sought. However, he had very high demands on what he would receive if sponsored, so many foreign rulers rejected him and his demands. He was a Catholic and this stood out to Queen Isabella because she wanted to spread Catholicism to non-believers. This gave Columbus a better
For most of American history, Christopher Columbus was regarded as a hero by all American people. However, in recently light, people have started to question the actions of their idoled founder, and scrutinize his treatment of the native people. His “discovery” of the Americas certainly is nothing to downplay as it expanded the borders of enlightened thinking, but the subhuman ways he treated the Native Americans is also impossible to ignore. While his exploration resulted in the development of the
As you may know, Christopher Columbus(an Italian ) departed from Spain with the ruling Monarchs support to find a new route to Asia and he ended up discovering the Americas,or the New World, as they had called it. Now if you know anything about history, you might be asking “why in the world did the Spanish hire Columbus instead of somebody like Ferdinand Magellan(spanish explorer of the time)?” Well, the answer is actually quite simple. For one thing, he was not a spaniard but promised to go in
What set apart Columbus from other sailors before the sixteenth century was that he was the first person brave enough to sail in open waters as opposed to sailing along coastlines. Columbus’ original intentions were to reach china by sailing west in the Atlantic Ocean. Queen Isabella of Spain funded his expedition and named him Admiral of the Ocean Sea. His theory was that the circumference of the earth was 18,000 miles, challenging the Greek’s theory which stated the earth was 24,000 miles in circumference