How Did Christopher Columbus Affect Society
Christopher Columbus Essay
Although Christopher Columbus was a huge impacted on US history. He did more harm then good, he started slave trade, he forced religion on the Indiana and he a was a mass murder. Christopher Columbus destroyed cultural tradition and killing multiply people for what reason?
Christopher Columbus started the slave trade. He demanded the Lucayan’s to give his men food, gold and sex. He didn’t get the gold he wanted so he didn’t have to come home empty handed he sold five hundred Lucayan’s. Another five hundred Lucayan’s we enslaved and kept in the New World. Christopher Columbus obviously thought the Lucayan’s were gullible when he wrote in his journal… “a hundred castellanies as easily obtained for a women as for a farm, and it is very general and there are plenty of dealers.” …show more content…
He brought diseases such as small pox and wiped out a little more than half the native population. If the natives didn’t die from disease, they died of starvation anywhere from 3-5 million. Many children died because their mother were over worked, starved and had no milk for the baby’s. these poor human beings were being purposely killed and couldn’t do anything about it. Christopher Columbus wrote another journal entry.. “ I could conquer the whole of them with 50 men and govern them as I pleased.”
Christopher Columbus also forced the natives to convert from catholic to Christians. He wanted to expand on Hispaniola. He convinced them by scientific reasoning than prospering. He told the natives… “ god made me the messenger of the new heaven and the new earth… and showed me where to find it.” After he intended this change Christopher Columbus established a trading past and continued his exploration in searching of China and
Although Christopher Columbus was a huge impacted on US history. He did more harm then good, he started slave trade, he forced religion on the Indiana and he a was a mass murder. Christopher Columbus destroyed cultural tradition and killing multiply people for what reason?
Christopher Columbus started the slave trade. He demanded the Lucayan’s to give his men food, gold and sex. He didn’t get the gold he wanted so he didn’t have to come home empty handed he sold five hundred Lucayan’s. Another five hundred Lucayan’s we enslaved and kept in the New World. Christopher Columbus obviously thought the Lucayan’s were gullible when he wrote in his journal… “a hundred castellanies as easily obtained for a women as for a farm, and it is very general and there are plenty of dealers.” …show more content…
He brought diseases such as small pox and wiped out a little more than half the native population. If the natives didn’t die from disease, they died of starvation anywhere from 3-5 million. Many children died because their mother were over worked, starved and had no milk for the baby’s. these poor human beings were being purposely killed and couldn’t do anything about it. Christopher Columbus wrote another journal entry.. “ I could conquer the whole of them with 50 men and govern them as I pleased.”
Christopher Columbus also forced the natives to convert from catholic to Christians. He wanted to expand on Hispaniola. He convinced them by scientific reasoning than prospering. He told the natives… “ god made me the messenger of the new heaven and the new earth… and showed me where to find it.” After he intended this change Christopher Columbus established a trading past and continued his exploration in searching of China and