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Christopher Columbus: Villain or Hero? Christopher Columbus, according to some people, may be considered the world's greatest man, or explorer, for discovering America. He did, indeed, discover America, but only by accident, and he did it with great acts of torment and misery to the Natives. Does Columbus really deserve the praise that he gets? Columbus is responsible for the loss of a whole culture and its people, and it's all because of Spain's and his high greed for gold and glory. Many…

Haiti is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea. Haiti makes up roughly the western 1/3 of the island.Their roots are very different. Haiti is primarily populated by African-Caribbean people with a history of French colonialism. Haiti is about the size of the U.S. state of Maryland, just over 10,000 square miles. The current population is roughly 7,500,000 in Haiti. Another million Haitians are living abroad in the U.S., Canada and France. It is difficult to know how many of…

Since 1494 the Native Americans have been called savages and were treated unjustly by the Europeans. The Europeans assumed that they could go to America and take what they wanted, without caring whom was already living on the land. The Europeans also thought that they were superior over the Native Americans. The Europeans were much more advanced with their weapons compared to the Native Americans, and the Native Americans were frightened by the loud noises that the weapons created and the…

celebrating Columbus Day, people aren’t only celebrating just his first voyage, but for other things that had occur from Columbus such as causing death to Indians and treating them poorly. For instance, “He seized 1,200 Taino Indians from the island of Hispaniola, crammed as many onto his ships as would fit and sent them to Spain, where they were paraded naked through the streets of Seville and sold as slaves in 1495. Columbus tore children from their parents, husbands from wives. On board…

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…

land on an island known as the Bahamas, but Columbus called it Spain( http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/latinamericatheconquest/p/Columbusfirst.htm ). He did this to many of the lands he discovered such as Cuba he called to be China, and Hispaniola to be Japan. On the different many islands he discovered he started setting up colonies, but on this particular…

Since the beginning of times, curiosity has been a trait portrayed by both ancient and modern peoples. One barrier that didn't allow the early men and women of ancient society to exhaust their curiosity was an efficient and effective means of transportation. During the early fifteenth century, improved means of transportation such as ships, and new innovations such as the astrolabe, allowed for a new era known as the Age of Exploration. With this new technology of the fifteenth century, European…

The Europeans first developed ships and other maritime technology in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Using these ships, they were able to conquer distant lands and establish fortified trading outposts. All this helped helped bring in the money needed to finance further exploration and conquests. The wealth also helped bring Europe more power than it has ever seen before. Their invasions in the Americas caused a great deal of change though. All the European microbes, plants,…

During its height in 1519, the Aztec Empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf coast and from central Mexico to present-day Guatemala. The Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan became a mighty metropolis with its advanced technological innovations. New technologies such as Chinampas or “floating gardens” for growing crops, aqueducts carrying fresh water, transportation canal systems, great causeways, large temples and buildings, and a coordinated administration allowed Tenochtitlan to flourish…

as well as the United States. Although these two countries share similarities, they also have a handful of differences and I’ll be the one to tell you what they are. The Dominican Republic is located in the Caribbean where is shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti to the west. It is known for its beaches, resorts, and golfing but their landscapes are just as beautiful. Including a variety of terrains comprising rainforest, savannah, and highlands, including Pico Duarte, the Caribbean’s…