Why Is Christopher Columbus Wrong

“for with fifty men they can all be subjugated and made to do what is required of them....” “...these people are very simple as regards the use of arms” Can you believe Christopher Columbus said that. Well he thought that after going to America and seeing the Native Americans. He thought they would be good slaves then he told the king. All around he was a good guy for finding a new country but there is a lot of secrets behind that story. My first reason of him being a bad person is that when he came to America he brought diseases. Those diseases were smallpox, measles and influenza. It was bad for them because they didn’t have the proper medicine to heal themselves. So the native americans got people sick and also some of them died. With the native americans being sick it was hard for them to work, or be in the fields. Another reason is that Christopher Columbus brought weeds to America. Bringing weeds was an issue for the native americans because there way of getting food was farming. With the weeds that slowed down or stopped the process of the growing of the plants. The pro about that is Christopher Columbus brought food from …show more content…
I think Christopher Columbus could have been more nice to the the Native Americans or let them show how they act. What Christopher Columbus did was tell the king that they were bad because they were different from them. An example Christopher Columbus said was “they have no arms, and are without warlike instincts; they all go naked, and are so timid that a thousand would not stand before three of our men. So that they are good to be ordered about, to work and sow, and do all that may be necessary, and to build towns, and they should be taught to go about clothed and to adopt our customs.” For me that looks like Christopher did not like that they were different and that they should change them. For me everyone should be themselves and he did not let the Native Americans do