Christopher Browning

A majority of you know that Christopher Columbus was the first to discover and explore the Americas, but many are unaware that this is a mythical statement; in fact, the information that we have learned about this individual is mostly false and inaccurate. We have been taught to think that this man was an amazing person, we have been taught to believe that he was courageous, intelligent, and modest. Still to this day, schools are educating children with these lies. Historians have looked into…

Romeo and Juliet Essay Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a play written to show contrast and duality. Shakespeare includes literary devices involving detailed characters, language, and events to prove that everything has two sides and may not seem as it appears. Shakespeare creates vivid characters that capture your attention. However, the characters have two sides and are not what they seem to be. One example is that Lord Capulet seems to be a great father, who watches over his…

The world is a better place because of the exploration of John Cabot, Ferdinand Magellan, Hernan Cortes, Francisco Pizarro, Amerigo Vespucci, Leif Erickson , Henry Hudson, Jacques Cartier, Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet, Robert de la Salle, Christopher Columbus Francisco Coronado and more. Without the exploration of these great explorers the Americas and the other countries would not be as developed and advance. First of all, life for the Native Americans before the exploration was…

In Zinns chapter, He questions that all the deaths of the Indians was necessary for human progression and for the progression of the new world. The killing of Indians continued for years upon years and the only thing the Englishmen and Conquistadors got out of the killing was land. The search for the “gold” became a way for Conquistadors to become selfish and kill the people who welcomed them with hospitality. Disease will end many lives and the Indian population will diminish. The Awark…

What makes a hero, a hero? A hero is someone who no matter how bad the situation is, always thinks about others before themselves. A hero is someone who will rise to any challenge with a smile on their face. A hero is someone who should inspire you to live a better life and always look at the positive side of things. I have only met one person like that in my life, my Great Aunt Alice. Aunt Alice has always been the bravest person I’ve ever known. At age 16 she moved to New York all by herself…

Hero or Villain Christopher Colombus. You know him, I know him. The indigenous people knew him, before he killed 90 percent of them. One may question whether or not he is a hero or villain. But perhaps the answer truly lies in the question that is not asked. Are his crimes excused because he discovered a continent? His holiday was created to pay tribute to the man who discovered the land mass we now inhabit. We use Colombus day as a way to celebrate latin america, or an excuse for sales. This…

"In fourteen hundred ninety two Columbus sailed the ocean blue." Christopher Columbus has become well known as the man who discovered America. Though the fact that he discovered the Americas has been debunked and proven false, he had made a tremendous impact on how our land came to be. The age of his exploration was made possible only by the king and queen of Spain. And when Columbus got his shot he brought colonization, disease, death, and a multitude of other factors that affected how the…

The Renaissance was a period full of violence, controversy, and new discoveries. The discovery of the New World happened to involve all of those things. Christopher Columbus did discover the New World but he also was very brutal in doing it and lied about it. He fooled everybody until the King and Queen found out while he was on his third voyage, they sent him back to Spain and he was thrown in jail. When the King and Queen heard of what really went on during his voyages and how many were…

In 1492 the wars in Spain came to a halt.King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella had become two of the most important people in Catholicism, for they had become the Catholic Kings. In 1943 word had reached Europe that Christopher Columbus had reached a new landmass, also known as the new world. With this news, people from Europe started to come to the new world, and thus caused different ethnic groups to start mixing, not only in culture but in physical ethnicity as well. People that had Indigenous…

The Arrival There have been many reports on an island, often visited by hunters, regarding cannibalism. In this news article, these concerns, as well as secrets, will be addressed. I will share my adventure to the Ship-Trap Island. I had originally planned to travel to Rio on September 5th through September 12th. A perspicacious and experienced hunter named Rainsford accompanied me. It was nighttime when I first spotted land of any sort. It was vaguely visible and was opaque, even Rainsford…