Christopher Columbus was an explorer for Spain and was searching for a faster route to Asia for trading. Instead of finding this route, he found new land that will become North and South America. Columbus should be remembered as a horrible person.
Columbus wasn’t all bad, he did do things that should be honour
First, He was able to figure out a plan in the best way possible just by looking at stares (Doc #1). Secondly, He did returned to Spain with Gold and spices (Doc #5). Lastly, He had a faced off fierce oppositions and danger (Doc #2.)In the end, he did do some good things but that doesn’t mean that was all good
Columbus did things that we all should remember him as a bad person.
Firstly, He lied to the King and Queen by saying he found great mines and many spices(Doc #5). Secondly, He was a slave trader (Doc #3). Thirdly, while he was in Cuba, he stab his slaves (Tanions) when they didn’t trade their bows and arrows and left them to bleed to death (Doc #5). Then, He diminished the population of the Taino from 8 million to 28 thousand (Doc #3). After that, He was praised for saying “the Earth is round”, even though this knowledge was known. Lastly, He stole someones prize by saying he said “Land”first, even though Bermejo saw land first. These six facts proves my Thesis that Columbus Should be remember as a cruel man
Columbus was a horrible person because he was greedy and cruel. Now we have seen the true colours of Christopher Columbus. Maybe their was more evidence in Columbus journals, probably talking about money, how the slaves are useless and how dumb the King and Queen are.
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