Christopher Columbus's Attitude Towards Native Americans

In 1492, Christopher Columbus embarked on the first voyage that established a permanent connection between Europe and the Americas. At the initial meeting between the Europeans and Natives, many explorers developed similar attitudes towards the native people. They felt intellectually superior to the natives because the native’s actions, and that the natives were passive and weak because of their arcane fighting techniques, resulting in Europeans feeling entitled to exploit the native people to their advantage.

When European explorers landed in the Americas, they immediately felt more intelligent than the Native people. This is clearly seen when Columbus says, “I showed them my swords and they took them by the edge and through ignorance