Columbus Day

the fact that columbus sent thousands of men to death but, columbus was the discoverer of western civilization’s cures, science , and technology. Christopher columbus was an european explorer sent to discover the new world but there were many explorers before columbus sailed. these explorers discovered america and several other areas of civilization.Critics say he should not be celebrated for discovering America but some people disagree because the found an area of land which columbus thought…

information were taught in history. Columbus did not sail the ocean blue and accidentally stumbled across these Indians and encountered them ..he knew there were people in this land and he knew he would do whatever it takes to get where're and what he wants. Columbus as said in the textbooks did not ‘encounter’ the natives , he brutally humiliated and killed them ...not on one voyage but two. In elementary schools, the kids are taught: “In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean…

Christopher Columbus was an explorer who has been debated as a hero and as a villain, Columbus was a hero because of his transformation and modernization of America. Columbus is also a hero for bringing government into America. Christopher Columbus set foot in America in 1492. Native Americans had discovered America but some authorities and assets give Columbus the credit for the founding of the foundation. Christopher was claimed to have made America’s population a more modern civilization.…

Christopher Columbus should be remembered for his mistreatment of native americans, not for him ‘discovering America’. He helped grow the trans-atlantic slave trade and introduced deadly diseases to the population that eventually killed thousands of native americans. When he captured them as slaves, he made them work on plantations and search for gold in mines. By doing this, he took advantage of the natives. In fact, he would trade small trinkets like compasses and scissors with them for their…

Christopher Columbus a hero or a Villain? Christopher Columbus was a villain based off the documents wrote by 3 authors.Christopher Columbus went right into other people's land and took it as his own.Christopher Columbus has his own holiday that is evens I've to lots of Americans and should not be a holiday. Columbus went there for only 3 reasons gold, fame and riches, not caring about the people that lived there before he even got there. In this document Christopher Columbus was a villain.…

While many have depicted Columbus as a benevolent explorer who discovered the New World, he wasn't particularly kind, and some think he didn't discover the New World. We now have evidence of many explorers that had reached the Americas before him. Also, he only visited islands near North America. Therefore he never made it to North America. When Columbus landed in 1492, it is estimated there were between 10 and 15 million indigenous people in the area that now constitutes the United States. By…

In 1942, there was once an explorer who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and found new land. There is also a special day named after him and it always falls on the second Monday of October, his name is Christopher Columbus. Many schools only teach what makes Christopher Columbus look good, but in reality he was a bad man. Today, I will be teaching fifth graders the real truth about the man who found the New World by telling them a story, from what the textbooks say and from what the real truth of the…

history lesson we will be learning this day in class today? We are going to talk about a year that helps start a large exchange between the Europeans and the new worlds across the Atlantic Ocean. Now if you are wondering what I am talking about, it is simple we are going to talk about some events that happened in the year fourteen ninety-two by a man we immortalize not only in history as the discoverer of America and have his own day in his name called Columbus’ day. Although should he be seen…

Adventures of Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus, born as Cristoforo Colombo, was born in Genoa, Italy in October, 1451. His father, Domenico Colombo, was a wool weaver. His mother’s name was Susanna Fontanarossa. Christopher had three brothers, and one sister. As a teenager, he first went to sea. He helped on the ships of many different trading voyages. Christopher was Roman Catholic. We know this about him because he often wrote biblical texts in his letters. Christopher Columbus had a…

Christopher Columbus: Hero or Villain? As October comes rolling around, the famous Christopher Columbus is being remembered for his discovery of the Americas. The hero Columbus, some would say, gathered his courage, and set sail to the West Indies, and unknowingly discovered a whole new continent after being at sea for weeks. If these people who call Columbus a hero knew of the evil crimes that he has committed, then the opinions and the perspectives of these people would change drastically.…