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Pros And Cons Of Columbuss

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I like the way you laid out your paper this week. I was astonished that Columbus and the Spaniards perpetrated such cruelty. I do not remember reading or hearing anything about that side of history in any of my classes/courses up to this one. I did not some other research and found slavery has been common in the world long before the United States was formed. The slaves seem to have been obtained like Columbus obtained his slaves. The conquering nations would enslave the survivors of the wars. As time moved forward, people would become slaves to pay off a debt. Some people came to America as indentured salves to pay for the trip to America. It is good that slavery has been abolished and America is working toward true equality
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In my opinion I feel as if the backlash occurred because of the prior events that the Native American population has encountered, they did not agree with Christopher Columbus because they were in a sense comfortable in their trades, survival, and land that they worked hard for. With that being said, the Indians have a negative view of Christopher Columbus and do not see the good in what he was doing. I am a celebrator of Columbus as I have also been taught in school of how courageous he was despite the hardships that were going on in the world at this time. However, until I read up on this I did not realize that Christopher Columbus in a sense invaded the Native Americans land I believe Christopher Columbus open the doors to many things through

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When you hear the names of Christopher Columbus, Alonso Zuazo, and Bartolomé delas Casas, do you think of good characteristics of them? There are people that agree or disagree if these individuals actually made history without taking credit from someone else. Native Americans plays a big part with all these individuals. I’ll discuss the exploitation of Christopher Columbus, Alonso Zuazo, and Bartolomé delas Casas. Also, how the Native Americans were enslaved, labor source being required, and replacements were found.

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Slavery Howard Zinn Ch. 2 Paper Slavery can be traced all the way back to 1619. This is when one of the first ships came over to Jamestown, Virginia, which is one of the first established colonies. Twenty slaves were boarded on a ship, in horrible conditions, just to land in the Americas where they would become slaves. Enslaving people and treating them like things because of their race or religion is unjust to the human person.

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Throughout the histories, obeyed without spontaneous to the wrong order and made the irretrievable mistakes happened so many times. When Christopher Columbus discovered the America, who also noticed where hidden enormous wealth, where the natives were friendly and peaceful. Columbus was so impressed with the hard work of these natives, but which didn’t wipe out his monster desires of get endless wealth and power. Columbus used natives’ naive and weaponless, who brought more and more soldiers to this new priceless land and gave the instructions of plunder. Not even this, Columbus instigated soldiers to took everything from natives, and enslaved, forced them to work for Spain.

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As the years have gone by, more information regarding the voyages of Christopher Columbus have become more known to man. Things such as genocide, rape, and torture have begun to the question the celebrations of Christopher Columbus. University of Georgia geographer, Louis De Vorsey states how rapid Columbus changed the world. De Vorsey observed how Columbus’s voyages began a progression for conquistadors that led to the decline and eventual termination of the Aztec and Inca civilizations. To add on, Latin American historian, Dauril Alden of the University of Washington reasoned that the Europeans had no intentions of hurting the native people, and that their deaths were inconvenient.

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Labor systems have been the foundation for civilizations since the beginning of time. Who did what and how they benefited each other, in other words, specialization of labor, came to be a defining factor in whether a society was truly a civilization or not. Most great civilizations were founded on agricultural labor systems, and societies with no systematic format on their workforce were seldom able to take the main stage in world history. Between 1450 and 1750, the Americas began to mark their place in the world, proving they were just as relevant as Europe, Africa, or Asia. The labor systems established during 1450-1750 were key factors in how they were able to do so.

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Slavery was a big thing in America since Christopher Columbus. I believe that the benefits did not outweigh the consequences. This is why. First of all, The Columbian Exchange was an exchange between America (New World) and Europe (Old World). Document D shows that Europeans brought animals,wheat, sugar,coffee, and rice.

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In “The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass” Frederick Douglass talks about his life as a slave ,and the challenges that he went through ,but he also tells how slaveholders were affected during slavery. Frederick Douglass talks about how slaveholders have great powers over their slaves. Being the slaveholder can enforce that you are above the slave ,and that you are allowed to do what you please to you “property” ,and that could corrupt your humanity. One example of this is Sophie Auld. Sophie Auld was a kind and generous slaveholder ”I was utterly astonished at her goodness”(Douglass 45); she even helped teach Frederick Douglass to write, but after she had been the master of Douglass for a while she started to become inhumane, cruel, and malice.

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According to Loewen, few textbooks explained how Columbus was involved in the slavery and the exploitation of Indians. Another error that we have learned in schools about Columbus is that he was the first person to “discover” America. However, this is an error because people from other continents had already reached America before 1492. In fact, we forget

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In William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, Claudius is portrayed as a ruthless king, hiding himself behind a charming façade in order to conceal his driven passion. Therefore, within his soliloquy, the ambiguity surrounding his character disappears as he reveals his true nature. While the other characters within the play remain oblivious to Claudius’ committed crime, it is emphasized to the reader, through Shakespeare’s use of allusions, imagery and the universal theme of internal conflict. As a pivotal point within the play, Claudius finally confesses the depth and severity of his crime.

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The intended audience of the article “ The Columbian Exchange- a History of Disease, Food and Ideas” are scholars and students. The article has large amount of statistics provided about the amount of production of certain foods in certain countries, the amount of exchange between the old world and the new world and the top consuming countries for various new world foods. The foods discovered also includes their benefits and harms. 2. The author’s main argument is that the new world has several impacts on the old world which includes many pros and cons.

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Some say Christopher Columbus was a hero because he was the explorer that discovered America. In reality, Christopher Columbus had an incredibly negative impact on the world because he enslaved the Native Americans, didn’t help the kind Natives when they got infected by diseases that the Spaniards had brought to America, and killed off most of the Native American population. The tactics he chose to use were violent and destructive by the standards back then and now. First, Columbus treated the Native Americans like uncivilized people by enslaving them and forcing them to work for him although they greeted him and his crew peacefully. ” They could make fine servants,”(document 2) he wrote in his journal,”I took them by force.

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