had me fascinated because it revealed the true past that happened when Columbus‚ Cortes and Pizarro’s colonized their part of the New World and how it should be time to rewrite history. In Matthew Restall’s chapter 1‚ A Handful of Adventurers‚ he explains that these three men are portrayed as larger than life as opposed to greedy humans. In Howard Zinn’s chapter 1‚ Columbus‚ The Indians‚ And Human Progress‚ which focus on Columbus also states that by portraying him as a hero and a great explorer‚ his
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Teachers’ Day or Gift-giving Day? Nowadays‚ when it comes to Teachers’ Day‚ people differ greatly in their attitudes towards the problem of giving gifts to teachers. Some maintain that giving presents to teachers is a sound way to express gratitude and respect of students and parents. Others‚ on the contrary‚ hold the point that presents make the significance of Teachers’ Day distorted. Someone even claims that Teachers’ Day has totally become Gift-giving Day. Although it seems a little extravagant
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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (1451-1506) Christopher Columbus is one of the best-known of all explorers. He is famous for his voyage in 1492‚ when he "discovered" America while he was looking for a way to sail to Asia. Columbus was probably born in Genoa‚ Italy‚ around 1451. His real name was Christoforo Columbo. His wife‚ a Portuguese women who he married around 1480‚ was Felipa Perestrello e Moniz. They had one son named Diego. He made several voyages to the New World‚ which he thought was Asia
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After reading Howard Zinn’s viewpoint on Columbus‚ the Indians‚ and the human progress I can now confirm/characterize that Columbus is‚ as historical figure‚ not a hero‚ but somewhere in between being a hero and a villain (being more towards a villain). Throughout the whole reading the reader can notice how Colombus’ mistake of finding a new route to Asia and mistakenly discovering an unknown land to the Europeans caused great pain for the natives who were forced into labor/made into slaves to go
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them all I have taken possession for their Highnesses.…” Columbus never stopped to consider that these islands were not his to take‚ nor were the people that inhabited them. He simply took over these lands‚ even going so far as to rename them all. His first sight of what he termed “Indians” was of a group of attractive‚ unclothed people. Speculation is that‚ to him‚ their nakedness represented a lack of culture‚ customs‚ and religion. Columbus saw this as an opportunity to spread the word of God‚ while
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Republic Day honors the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950. The date of 26 January was chosen to honour the declaration of independence of 1930. It is one of the three national holidays in India. While the main parade takes place in the national capital‚ New Delhi‚ at the Rajpath before the President of India (currently Pranab Mukherjee)‚ the anniversary is also celebrated with varying
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1. Describe the main features and/ or developments of the day of mourning. As many Australians know Australia day is celebrated on the 26th of January. Australia day celebrates the British flag at the head of Sydney cove by Governor Arthur Philip in 1788‚ This day was also known as the day of mourning by the 21st century. During the year 1938 ‚ Aboriginal people in Sydney were becoming more prepared in their political activities. Bill Ferguson organised the first meeting of the “Aborigines
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The Long Day By Dorothy Richardson After reading‚ “The Long Day” the manner of which people lived and survived during the depression has astounded me. Where she first boarded with Miss Jameson she didn’t have any sense of home and bliss. She had shared with her friend Miss Plympton and described her sense of home and bliss as living in country side. And when she later boarded with Miss Pringle she had felt a sense of home when she saw her stove little Lottie. After receiving kind words from Miss
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Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Armed Forces‚ takes the salute. The Republic Day Parade is an annual military and cultural parade held in the Indian Capital of New Delhi on 26 January‚ the Republic Day of India. Republic Day is celebrated with the hoisting of the national flag‚ and parades by the armed forces and school children all over the country. The largest‚ and most important‚ of these parades takes place in New Delhi‚ and the phrase "Republic Day Parade" generally refers to the parade in New Delhi. The
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Children under 15 shouldn’t have Facebook pages-By Andrew Vassiliou-8A Facebook and children is a bad idea. Do you believe that kids under 15 should be allowed a Facebook account? That’s the actual age decision should be up to the parents. The rule is subject to individual will or judgment and also silly. With supervision‚ you can still have control over who they friend‚ what they publicize‚ and they can learn the dangers in a safe environment‚ or‚ rules are rules. The internet especially Facebook
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