Why Is Christopher Columbus Bad
Christopher Columbus is a very important name in history, he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in search for India. Christopher Columbus did not reach India, instead he discovered the New World, which is now called the Central America. He landed at the Bahamas where he brought civilization to the native people living in Bahamas. He taught them how to speak Spanish so that the natives would be able to communicate with the Europeans. “Nothing is lacking except knowledge of the language” said by Christopher Columbus according to The New Immigrant. One also says that Christopher Columbus introduced Christianity to the Native people. According to him “I want the natives to develop a friendly attitude towards us because I know that they are
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Many people argue whether Columbus is a hero or a villain. For many people including me, Christopher Columbus is more of a villain than a hero. Christopher Columbus left Europe in voyage to find India. Christophe Columbus was a lost navigator, he believed he had reached India but he actually reached the Bahamas which is at Central America. Upon arrival to the shore, Christopher Columbus encountered the natives. When the natives showed hospitality to the Europeans, Columbus realized that the natives would do anything he wanted including surrendering their land. Christopher Columbus found out that there were gold in the land, he then took the natives as slaves, forcing them to work at a gold mines. A lot of native died in the mines or were killed by the Europeans. Christopher Columbus introduced Christianity to the natives, but none of the natives were converted because Christianity is against slavery. Columbus also introduced sex slavery, the native women were sold as sexual servants to the Europeans. Many women died of exhaustion and many committed suicide. Lastly Christopher Columbus introduced imperialism, he wanted the natives to pay taxes. As a result the native grew poor, many were dying due to poverty. Christopher Columbus is not a hero, he was a man who found Central America instead of India, he took advantage of the natives’ hospitality towards him, he introduced Christianity but it was in contrast to the Christian values and beliefs and he introduced imperialism which he was in control of power among the
Many people argue whether Columbus is a hero or a villain. For many people including me, Christopher Columbus is more of a villain than a hero. Christopher Columbus left Europe in voyage to find India. Christophe Columbus was a lost navigator, he believed he had reached India but he actually reached the Bahamas which is at Central America. Upon arrival to the shore, Christopher Columbus encountered the natives. When the natives showed hospitality to the Europeans, Columbus realized that the natives would do anything he wanted including surrendering their land. Christopher Columbus found out that there were gold in the land, he then took the natives as slaves, forcing them to work at a gold mines. A lot of native died in the mines or were killed by the Europeans. Christopher Columbus introduced Christianity to the natives, but none of the natives were converted because Christianity is against slavery. Columbus also introduced sex slavery, the native women were sold as sexual servants to the Europeans. Many women died of exhaustion and many committed suicide. Lastly Christopher Columbus introduced imperialism, he wanted the natives to pay taxes. As a result the native grew poor, many were dying due to poverty. Christopher Columbus is not a hero, he was a man who found Central America instead of India, he took advantage of the natives’ hospitality towards him, he introduced Christianity but it was in contrast to the Christian values and beliefs and he introduced imperialism which he was in control of power among the