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Why Columbus Should Not Have A Holiday?
Paragraph I. Columbus should not have a Holiday. Columbus was an explorer and a robber. Columbus was very greedy and he was trying to get the gold. People think Columbus was lying. Columbus said the earth was round and they never believe him.

Paragraph II. There was Columbus, Cortez and Pizarro. They where from Europe they were looking for the gold and they were getting slaves from Asia and Spain. They found a little bit of gold and they were moving from country to country. They were going to look for gold and they would fight for it. They also never found America.

Paragraph III. Columbus barely found gold. He killed a lot of Arawaks. He never found America and he said the world is not round. Columbus let the Arawaks bleed to death.

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