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    Columbus is recognized as a man who changed the world‚ but how much is truly known about what he did? Christopher Columbus was an Italian sailor who sailed under the Spanish flag. While sailing west in hopes of finding a route to Asia‚ he found lands no one in Europe had known existed. A landing in 1492 led to a colonization flood in what he dubbed the “New World”. However‚ Columbus Day should not be a federal holiday because of his harsh treatment of the Natives and the future voyages that led to

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    Columbus‚ the Indians‚ Human Progress When Columbus reached land in the Bahamas he was greeted by the Arawak’s who were without clothing. They greeted Columbus and his men with gifts of food and water. Columbus instantly knew that he and his men could subjugate them and make them do whatever they want. The Arawak’s were remarkable for their hospitality and their beliefs in sharing which‚ were not present in the Europeans. The reasoning for Columbus’ voyage to the Americas was because Spain was

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    Lesson #2‚ Enrichment #1 22 September 2014 Just recently I saw a video of Native Americans holding up picket signs saying that Columbus was a mass murderer and that he had Indian blood on his hands. Native Americans have existed here in America well before Columbus landed on Plymouth Rock. I never knew the full history of Native Americans until now. Native Americans have many different privileges set aside for them‚ some are inaccurate and some are not. Things that I’ve heard include; if you

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    Why Abolish Columbus Day?

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    Columbus Day should be abolished because he was not the first explorer to arrive in the Americas. Many explorers before him landed there‚ but he was the first to conquer the native people and either enslave or kill them. In document 2‚ Online Petition‚ it states that the American Indians had already been living there for around 10‚000 years. Even if Columbus was the first to arrive in the Americas‚ he was not the discoverer. To say Columbus is entirely falsely praised would be stubborn and incorrect

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    15‚ 2012 Was Christopher Columbus a Hero or a Villain to America? Yes‚ Columbus discovered America‚ but do you know how many deaths and how much destruction it cost? Columbus went to explore the ocean and he found a new continent‚ North America. He was actually looking for India and its gold but found a different place. Exploration of North America brought so many bad things to people. All of those things happened because of Columbus. It makes one want to say that Columbus is a villain. First

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    search for more riches in East Asia. In 1493 under the flag of Spain‚ Christopher Columbus attempted to reach the Indies by navigating west on the Atlantic Ocean but ended up in new world; the Americas. He reported the new world he discovered in a letter‚ which grabbed the attention of another writer‚ Michel de Montaigne‚ who challenged the perception of how Europeans viewed these “savages”. The genres in the literary works of Columbus’ letter and Montaigne’s essay both portray new ideas‚ images‚ and

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    The documentary‚ America Before Columbus‚ discussed the desires of Christopher Columbus wand the result of his actions. Christopher Columbus’s vision was to sail west to the riches of Asia but before that he had to have funds. In order to revive finance for his voyage‚ he had to convince the most powerful woman of Europe queen Isabella. After five years of persuasion‚ queen Isabella finally comes around and finances Columbus’s voyage. Europe was thirsty for more power and riches beyond their land

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    As a result of Christopher Columbus’s voyage in 1492 CE‚the world was revolutionized by the newly established Trans-Atlantic trade. In the time frame of 1450 CE-1750 CE‚ regions such as Spain had many changes to their economy in how they obtained resources and it drastically changed Native American’s population‚ but many European nations experienced little change in cultural life such as the continuance of slavery and religion because Christopher Columbus discovering the Americas. Before any European

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    to fight them off and thousands died. Answer: 4) Olives‚ Onions‚ and Peaches came from the World to the World. Pineapples‚ Tobacco‚ and Potatoes came from the World to the World. Answer: 5) List 3 ways Columbus’ voyages impacted Native Americans 1) 2) 3) Primary Sources 6) A primary source is a document or physical object which was or during the and at the of the event. 7) A Young People’s History

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    Christopher Columbus convinced a Spanish Monarch to fund his voyage‚ the three main reasons Columbus is able to convince this monarch was because they believed there was another route to Asia‚ he also convinced them because they were power hungry if he were to find riches they would gain power‚ the final reason why Columbus is able to convince A spanish monarch was because the spreading of religious beliefs Christopher Columbus born in Italy in a place called Genoa. He’s the son of a respected

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