I wish to provide a deeper understanding of my opinion of the question ‘Should we celebrate Columbus Day?’ Columbus Day is observed as a legal holiday in various areas of the United States in honor of Christopher Columbus himself and his discovery of the New World. This includes his landing in the West Indies. However, the events placed with him, Columbus had not discovered America at all. This was not his mission, and in the process of doing this, he created turmoil throughout the world.
People are supposed to honor Christopher Columbus as one of the most famous explorers. In reality, however, he failed to accomplish his ambition. His responsibility was to discover a water route to East Asia. Instead, Columbus arrived in the West Indies thinking he had arrived in India. He placed the name “Indians” upon the Native Americans he saw. Friendly at first, Columbus deceived the Native people, though they were nothing but generous to him. Christopher stated that, “with fifty men …show more content…
He was the first to establish the concept of working under hardships and without freedom in America. During his second voyage to America, he decided to give orders to capture the Native people and sell them to Spain as slaves. Because of his success with creating a slave trade, hundreds of thousands of slaves were imported from Africa to the New World. The new economy was to be driven by enslaved people. Celebrating such a day would mean honoring a slaveholder.
His arrival to the Americas prompted a Spanish colonization. During the next hundreds of years, the Native people were invaded and forced further into the land. European countries followed in Columbus’s examples and began taking their land and settling in the New World. Native Americans were compelled to convert to Christianity. They were converted against their will often through terror or violence. Failure to convert meant that these people would be made slaves or
People are supposed to honor Christopher Columbus as one of the most famous explorers. In reality, however, he failed to accomplish his ambition. His responsibility was to discover a water route to East Asia. Instead, Columbus arrived in the West Indies thinking he had arrived in India. He placed the name “Indians” upon the Native Americans he saw. Friendly at first, Columbus deceived the Native people, though they were nothing but generous to him. Christopher stated that, “with fifty men …show more content…
He was the first to establish the concept of working under hardships and without freedom in America. During his second voyage to America, he decided to give orders to capture the Native people and sell them to Spain as slaves. Because of his success with creating a slave trade, hundreds of thousands of slaves were imported from Africa to the New World. The new economy was to be driven by enslaved people. Celebrating such a day would mean honoring a slaveholder.
His arrival to the Americas prompted a Spanish colonization. During the next hundreds of years, the Native people were invaded and forced further into the land. European countries followed in Columbus’s examples and began taking their land and settling in the New World. Native Americans were compelled to convert to Christianity. They were converted against their will often through terror or violence. Failure to convert meant that these people would be made slaves or