Did you know Columbus Day is a lie? If you don’t know who Columbus is, he was a man who was claimed to discover America. Many think that Columbus found the New World looking for new undiscovered land but he was in fact trying to find gold and an all-water route to Asia as well as Queen Isabella’s mission for spreading Christianity to Asia. Columbus Day shouldn’t be celebrated because he was not actually the person to discover the Americas and Columbus thought he landed in Asia. First, Columbus Day shouldn’t be celebrated because Columbus thought he landed in India and didn’t think he discovered new territory.…
Christopher Columbus, apparently America's founder. Well I think differently. And here is why. First of all, when Columbus got to America, there was already people, Indians, here. They had their own “villages”.…
Have you ever met someone that looked nice but once you got to know them they was totally different? Sometimes people shouldn’t trust one source. The textbook only shows one side of the whole story. Columbus is not who you think he is, I think Columbus day should be changed. We should still celebrate but something has to change about.…
It's that time of year again; pumpkin spice lattes, Halloween decorations, and the national recognition of a man responsible for mass murder, pillaging, and enslavement. It's no secret that Christopher Columbus was a horrible man, or that he didn't even "discover the new world", yet every year on October 12, he is recognized for his "accomplishment". It seems as though more and more people are unwilling to celebrate Columbus, even going so far as to put an axe in the head of his statue. While there has been opposition of Columbus Day for many years, there is only a handful of cities that refuse to recognize it.…
Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, he was sent from the Spanish to the west to explore new lands. America Should not continue celebrating Columbus Day because, he brought cruelty, he did not discover anything new and it’s unpatriotic to celebrate. Columbus did not discover anything new because the Natives were there first, he knew about “new lands” across the Atlantic and it brought the tent that “all men are created equal”. Columbus brought cruelty such hanging non-Catholics, smallpox and slavery. It is unpatriotic to celebrate Columbus day because it sends a message of hostility, patriotic means to have devotion or vigorous supports to one’s country and he ignored the Native Americans.…
Columbus day should not be celebrated. Every year we celebrate a man who found the "New World", but he really brought disaster to the way of life for the Native Americans. Though Columbus introduced new crops like corn, potatoes, and squash to Europe, they brought back European diseases to the Natives, killing 90% of them. Columbus enslaved the Natives and they worked on crops and mined, dying from disease and starvation. Soon the Africans were replacing them as a new…
Columbus Day is an unnecessary holiday that, for some reason, we still honor today. The holiday is also an affront to the indigenous population. The false sense of patriotism is wrong to memorialize. The whole day is based off of a fabrication of the true events. When children are in elementary school, they are taught that Christopher Columbus was a hero, to shield the truth.…
We shouldn't celebrate Columbus Day. Not just because he was a bad person. Yes, it is because spread so much disease, and I really don’t want to be celebrating someone who committed near genocide. But mainly, I don’t want to have a day where the Native Americans in our country feel hurt and betrayed as we celebrate the man who killed so many of their ancestors. The majority of people in America aren't Native American.…
I do not believe either, but believe he was more bad than he was good, and for that reason this holiday should be discontinued. Although Columbus Day is one of the oldest holidays, it is also disrespectful to the natives who shared their home, America, with us. Columbus is constantly honored for “discovering” America, when in fact all he did was sail to America, just to become welcomed by the millions of indigenous people living there. When we honor him for discovering America, shouldn’t we be honoring the people who took us in and helped our people?…
Although Columbus Day is a national holiday honoring a famous historic figure, many people take it as an opportunity to hang out with friends, finish homework, or even catch up on sleep. Columbus was known for many brutal attacks and events in history such as multiple rapes, enslaved people, and deaths. It is also well-thought that Columbus was the first one to discover the Americas , where many people don't know that the native Americans where the first to arrive in America. Instead of rewarding Columbus for all of these brutal and terrifying actions, we should abolish Columbus Day because of all of Columbus's lies and mislead ideas. When Columbus came to the Americas, in addition to bringing multiple slaves, he also disrupted their lifestyles.…
Plus, he never really discovered America, so why should it be celebrated in this country. I have learned that Christopher Columbus is not the real hero that discovered our nation today. Instead, our country has fed us lies to cover up the true tragedies…
The definition of terrorism is “The use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. ”(Dictionary.com, http://www.dictionary.com/browse/terrorism) This is exactly what Columbus and eventually his successors did. By today's standards Columbus is, by definition, a terrorist, so the question comes up. Do we celebrate a national holiday for a terrorist?…
The only piece of history in his favor is the fact that he accidentally discovered America, which could be disproved in the next few years considering all of the extensive research being conducted to find another discoverer of America. His great accomplishment was the destruction of an entire population. How is that heroic? So the next time Columbus Day is celebrated, consider yourself educated and spread the word on how Christopher Columbus was everything but a hero. This will in hope eventually bring an end to the celebration of a man who is quite contradictory to what America stands…
Thesis: Christopher Columbus was a man responsible for the decimation of three major civilizations, as well as the ultimate genocide of the indigenous peoples as a whole, one of the largest in human history. Columbus alone committed an array of horrific acts, using the Indians as sex slaves and extorting them for labor, stealing their land and goods, and hunting them for sport and dog food. His choices and treatment influenced how other would later view and deal with the Indians, eventually leading to their near extinction. Most of us know very little about the people who roamed our lands before we “discovered them”, and instead praise one man’s inaccurate claims. and that is why we should replace Columbus Day, which credits a man for deeds…
When Columbus arrived, he claimed all land for Spain and set up permanent settlements. He made sure the Indians converted to Christianity and forced slaves back to Europe to work in mines and on houses. Columbus enforced God, Glory, and Gold onto the native Americans because that is what he believed would be right for the…