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Compare And Contrast Christopher Columbus And Native Americans

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In 1492, a Spaniard called Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean seeking the new world or the Indies and found modern day country Dominican Republic. When he got there the inhabitants, the Native Americans, spoke a different language and had a different culture. Columbus decided to call them “Indians” since he thought he had found India. When he got to know and understand the “Indians”, he started enslaving and using them to find gold and goods and steal them to take it to the Queen of Spain(nationalgeographic). Columbus told the King and Queen he had converted the natives to Catholicism so that they thought he was progressing in his trip and would donate more funds for more expeditions. These historical events in the new world relate to the …show more content…

Some of those were the conversion of inhabitants to Catholicism and gold. Instead of crossing the Indian waters, Columbus got to the Caribbean and stopped on an island which he thought was India. Instead of finding India he found a Caribbean island that is now day country Dominican Republic which was inhabited by native americans that he later on called “indians”. When he got to know the native americans and understand them, he started using them and making exchanges for goods and gold for his king and queen in …show more content…

For example, unequal treatment made to haitians by the Dominicans as done to the Natives by Columbus and his crew. Both of their needs and treatments are not met, the natives were mistreated and tortured by the Spaniards in order for them to find gold, and the Haitians are not given the right to a medical treatment, education, or citizenship. They were both also put to work on harsh hours and conditions in a low paying manner. Both populations have decreased due to death of illness transmitted by their lack of hygiene and medicine. None are given any rights, the Haitians are banned from their rights and are taken away from their homes and comfort and forced to live in construction sites as well as the Native's homes were taken away or destroyed in order to find their goods and steal them. Both were also forced to either convert to the other’s religion or adapt to the culture in order to try to fit

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It would be an understatement to say that 1492 was a relatively important year in world history. Despite the relative shortness of a year when compared to time period of century, the year 1492 is exceptionally important, as it can be argued that without the events that transpired in that year, multitudes of other events may not have occurred until later; because of the extra time it would take for the area to be discovered, some events may not transpire at all. The arrival of Columbus in the Caribbean led to various other expeditions and events, such as the formation of the encomienda system, the colonization of the surrounding areas, and the exchange of products between the New and Old Worlds known as the Columbian Exchange. When Columbus returned from his first venture to the Caribbean, he brought Native Americans with him to Europe, where they were promptly baptized and became Christian. To King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, who had already put into effect

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On October 12, 1492, an Italian merchant by the name of Christopher Columbus landed on an island in the New World. With him he brought three ships and a small crew of Spaniards. After exploring other islands, Columbus came one that he called Hispaniola; here, they found seemingly primitive and naϊve natives that they immediately began to take advantage of. However, little did they know that this first meeting would bring exploration of South and Central America that would wreak havok among the Natives. Throughout the period of European Expansion, Natives were ripped from their home and forced to work day in and day out.

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In the article – “Columbus, The Indians, and Human Progress” it first talks about how when Columbus first reached the island the Arawak men and women ran up and greeted them and gave them supplies in exchange for the things Columbus had. When Columbus did get there he took some of the natives by force in hopes they would show him where the good stuff was, such as the gold. Columbus left this island and since he knew the world was round he could sale west and make it to the place he headed for. He ended up being thousands of miles farther away than he had calculated. On the way up to Asia he came across uncharted land between Europe and Asia also known as America.

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Europe 's government greatly demanded spices and gold from Asia, so they tried to find a water route to Asia. Columbus sailed towards what he thought was Asia, but instead found America. During the voyage, there was a risk of no winds, unknown weather, and shortages of supplies. When Columbus saw land, he anchored all of the ships and headed for land. Columbus named the new island San Salvador, and started exploring the fairly tropical area.

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Columbus and Rowlandson’s Reactions to the Physical New World The physical landscape of the new world was seen in many ways. Some saw it as beautiful, and a means to wealth, while others saw it as desolate. Christopher Columbus thought the new world was beautiful, while Mary Rowlandson saw the land as, “…vast and desolate Wilderness…”

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For starters, Christopher Columbus and all of his european pals sailed the ocean to try and find a faster way to india so they could trade more things and make more money and just being greedy in general. But, instead, he sailed right into the land that today is now known as North America, but back then it was called the new world because it was new, and he made contact with the indian’s living their. He and the

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“Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress”, chapter one of “A People’s History of the United States”, written by professor and historian Howard Zinn, concentrates on a different perspective of major events in American history. It begins with the native Bahamian tribe of Arawaks welcoming the Spanish to their shores with gifts and kindness, only then for the reader to be disturbed by a log from Columbus himself – “They willingly traded everything they owned… They would make fine servants… With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.” (Zinn pg.1) In the work, Zinn continues explaining the unnecessary evils Columbus and his men committed unto the unsuspecting natives.

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Columbus and a Lunar Eclipse Most Americans know a few basic things about Christopher Columbus. However, there is one tale about him that might help set him apart from other explorers of his time, at least in the minds of readers. Columbus took several trips to the Americas.

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Columbus was not the only one that participated in the exchange or the slave trade. Spain played a role in this. The Spanish empire started to colonize in the New World . The also forced the Indians into mining for gold and silver, and many Indians died because of the cruel treatment. Their population was nearly swiped away.

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Before the Spanish ship that changed it all, which arrived in the “New World” in 1492, thriving organized communities of native people had centuries of history on the land. That ship, skippered by Christopher Columbus, altered the course of both Native American and European history. 1492 sparked the fire of cultural diffusion in the New World which profoundly impacted the Native American peoples and the European settlers. Prior to European contact, Native Americans lived as hunter-gatherers, living and traveling in groups of typically less than 300 people. These Native Americans spoke over 400 languages and practiced a myriad of different religions (The American Pageant).

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When Columbus came to the Americas in search of land for his king, he also came to claim land for God” (Spreading Religion in the Age of Exploration). The Europeans spread Christianity, and it became very popular among the colonies of the New World. “Roman Catholicism was the official religion of Spain, so the Spanish conquistadors sought to spread Catholicism throughout their colonies, in addition to accumulating wealth and power” (Spreading Religion in the Age of Exploration). The Spanish missionaries worked very hard throughout the Americas and attempted to evangelize Native American groups.

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In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue. We all know this catchy tune right? But what we don’t know, is what Columbus thought when he arrived in the North America or what he though of the Native Americans he met. In fact, we don’t know much about all the explorers after Columbus and what they thought. Each explore had their own view of the Native Americans, and three great examples are Columbus, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda and Bartolomé de Las Casas

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Christopher Columbus and Hernan Cortes were both famous Spanish adventurers during the Age of Exploration. When the explorers came upon land, they encountered two different cultures. In 1492, Columbus encountered the Taino people, and in 1520, Cortes encountered the Aztecs. The two cultures that the men encountered were different in more ways than they were similar in regards to how the natives treated the men, what weapons they had and their war-like behavior, their technologically advancements, their housing and architectural structures, and even their religion.

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He believed it a good idea to take some natives back with him to Spain so that the natives could learn their language, customs, and faith…and of course, tell the Spanish what treasures they have in their country. “They are ready to believe […] quick to recite any prayer we tell them to say, and to make the sign of the cross. Your Majesties should therefore determine to convert them to Christianity…” (p. 9). Columbus believed the Indians had no religion and that they did not know the meaning of evil thus, implying that it would be very simple to convert them to Christianity.

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