Within section 1 of chapter 3, I have chosen two people to compare and contrast. I chose Christopher Columbus and Hernán Cortás because when they first discovered new land, they both acted the same way towards the natives. When Christopher Columbus sailed west in 1492, he sailed into the now known West Indies. When he arrived he met people, the Taínos, who he called indians. They were very open to the Spanish but soon soured the relationship between the two. The Taínos offended the Spanish when they failed to pay proper respect to Christian symbols out of ignorance. Columbus then decided to seize the land for Spain and for any Indians that didn cooperate he either killed or took back to Spain as prisoners. Hernán Cortés heard about Spanish
