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Christopher Columbus: Hero Or Villain
Christopher Columbus could be seen as both a hero and a villain. While Columbus had many good contributions to the New World, he also brought bad ones as well. In my opinion, Columbus did many more things to be seen as a villain rather and a hero. Columbus’s contributions to America are often mis viewed and a few great things he did cover up many horrible occurrences he was responsible for.

Columbus, while credited with discovering America, was not the first person to step on the soil. Native Americans had inhabited the land years and years before Columbus arrived. In addition to that, Columbus also stumbled upon America on accident as he was actually trying to get to India. Once he got to the New World, his actions could be described as
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