When Is Christopher Columbus Be Celebrated?

     In addition to opening up a New World to Europe and inspiring a spirit of adventure, Columbus’s experience also showed the importance of diversity. Columbus was an Italian, but he learned to sail from the Portuguese, and his trip was funded by the Spanish. He needed the help of several different countries to accomplish what we now know him for today. Conversely, Columbus’s confrontation with the Natives shows how cultures conflict when they do not understand each other. Columbus and his troops massacred thousands of

Christopher Columbus did not do a single good action in any of his four voyages in the late 1400's. Christopher Columbus was not the founder of the Americas we live in today because he did not discover it, even if he did there were already the natives who inhabited the land. It was just luck that he discovered the Americas, because he wasn’t even coming here, he got here because his ships went the wrong way and “Oh Surprise!” “We got something here to bring to Spain”

Christopher Columbus is commonly known as the “discoverer” of the Americas. From a young age students are taught all the wonderful things he did for our land and how well he interacted with the Natives. Although the truth is disregarded and as students grow, they come to learn that Columbus was not a hero in fact. Columbus came close to causing a genocide of the Native Americans, and basically began the “white power” movement that America is forced to deal with today. The truth of what Christopher Columbus did makes him no better than Hitler, yet America still praises him as an important figure in our history. The actions of Columbus has impacted all Americans lives since the 1400’s when he first landed on American soil. Although it did make America into the super power it is today, the structure within the borders will never be equal because of his abuse of power back then. Christopher Columbus is not the hero American students are taught from a young age and does not deserve any of the praise or recognition that we as American citizens continue to give him on a daily basis.

On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus and his crew piled onto three ships: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria on a trip funded by Ferdinand and Isabella in hopes to spread Catholicism and to find new trades routes (Histroy.com Staff 5). Even though his voyage did kickoff a whole series of risky and dangerous explorations to the Americas, the consequences of these trips were detrimental to both Columbus and the people who inhabited these lands. The destruction of the territory and the diseases that were brought over, foreign to the natives, resulted in the demise of the Native American population over time while the Europeans turned a blind eye. These actions turned Christopher Columbus from a honorable, daring explorer to the catalyst to a mass genocide of innocent, unsuspecting native peoples.

I think that Columbus should be celebrated or at least recognized. While Columbus did do some terrible things like supporting slave trade and destroying the indigenous people. He also started the beginning of the Age of Exploration which played a huge role in shaping history. His efforts really bridged the gap between the New World and the Old World. This resulted in a vast expansion of goods, technology, and culture between them. Though he wasn’t the first to discover America, he started an incredible expedition that has had serious effects on the advancements in today’s society. Though what he did was horrible, conquests and slavery were not only common practices of the time but important parts of the development of civilization. Colonization

Ever since we were children we were taught the story of Christopher Columbus, of how he valiantly ventured into the unknown, discovered new lands, enhanced trade, and inspired many other explorers. He seemed a hero back then, a man of great accomplishments. Our country wouldn’t be here without him, after all. However, we are rarely taught about the other side of the story, about the abuse of the native people of the lands Columbus “discovered” and about the greed and violence tied in with his voyages. Christopher Columbus was not a man that should be celebrated, despite his success in inspiring an age of exploration and expansion.

First, Christopher columbus brought diseases to america took natives with him and brought new foods! Christopher Columbus brought plague . He took natives to Europe. He also brought livestock, fruit and diseases! Christopher columbus was not a great person, not just because he brought diseases but he did it on purpose!

Although early explorers and pilgrims made important achievements and discoveries that set the stage for early society, Christopher Columbus spent numerous years conquering new lands by using violence enslavement, and ethnocentric beliefs. The colonial period was built upon by greed, slavery, disease, and the destruction of the indigenous people in the Americas. We, as historians all believe that this claim is important because many people have the wrong impression or belief as to what really happened with Christopher Columbus. This also explains to people how he conquered the Americas and took the Natives land in search for riches and a new world. Christopher Columbus was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but

Whether viewed as a monster who destroyed ancient civilizations or a legendary figure who led society to where it is today, Christopher Columbus remains a greatly controversial historical center point as his impact on civilization then, and now, have sparked ongoing debates for centuries. But despite the greatly exaggerated slander against him, Columbus should be revered and celebrated as a hero for his contributions to societal development instead of hated for the blatant lies created by mainstream media in an effort to demonize an iconic historical figure in an attempt to push anti-western sentiment.

Columbus found a tribe of native people called the Taino. They willingly traded jewelry, animals, and supplies with the them. But instead of trading columbus took everything from them and enslaved them to find

The people on the island had no clue what a sword was so they would cut themselves when they would touch the blade. Christopher Columbus thought it was going to be easy if needed to fight with them. They had no way of protecting themselves. He and his men ended up killing these poor people little by little. Even when they tried to help them out by directing them to find gold or help them when they got hurt. On his trip when he arrived in Hispaniola the Taino people living on the island welcomed and were gentle with him and his men. When Columbus left the island he left forty of his men and those men raped and fought the Tainos after they helped them out.2 On his second trip Columbus set up a permanent colony and again his men raped, stole gold ornaments and food that provoked war with the Tainos. The Spanish killed tens of thousands out of population and the ones who did survive the Spanish ended up chopping off their hands if they did not provide their allotment.3 At the end the Spanish wiped out the islands either by killing the people or they left to surrounding countries.

Columbus was cruel and violent. He never took anything for granted and pretty much wanted to be a wealthy man so that he could control everything

First, Columbus enslaved many Native Americans, put them under harsh labor conditions and inspired others to do the same. Often,

Christopher Columbus should be known as a slave trader and not the great discoverer as portrayed in history. His brave voyages into the New World were not motivated by the glory of discovering a new land. Columbus’ main motivation was to find wealth in gold and increased his reputation among the hierarchy in Spain. And to achieve that goal, he enslaved thousands of the natives in the Caribbean. His cruel intentions were clear from the moment he stepped foot into the New World during his first interaction with the indigenous people.

Columbus was far from the respected man that he was made out to be for a surplus of centuries. Columbus had originally tried to settle in Portugal where he was laughed at and was given no support for any of his projects. He would later find himself in Spain, which he was hit with many roadblocks but after many opportunities, and persuasive speech to Queen Isabel and King Fernando he was given the support he so urgently yearned for. Columbus had held a secret that he feared people would eventually find out which was how he was charged with being corrupt while holding a public office while his time in the indies. Columbus believed if this came out he would miss out on any chances of receiving the things promised to him by the King and Queen if he had a successful voyage. The great man we thought Columbus was is far