I think that the extent to which Columbus day is celebrated now is a bit extreme. As we read in class, Columbus did in fact discover the Americas for the people living in Europe and Asia, but not all he did was good. Even though he his discovery gave more resources to Europe and Asia, there were already people living in the Americas. When Columbus showed up he completely just took over after he found out there wasn’t much of the gold that he had been looking for. He forced many of the Indians into slavery and abused and killed many. So even though he had done something good for some people, to others this was not a great time. Even now in America, some Native Americans still exist. I personally do not know one, but I feel as though having
