Why Did Christopher Columbus Wrong

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Christopher Columbus set sail across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492 to discover the West Indies. What he stumbled upon would become known as the New World. After Columbus’s discoveries, Europe sent explorers such as Magellan and Cortes to discover new land and to fulfill their curiosity from the Renaissance, gain money and revenue, and gain fame and fortune. From 1400 to 1700 C.E. the world went trough the Age of Exploration. This was a time of new trade methods, routes and exploration. These explorers discovered new trade routes and land, but what they did when the lands were discovered is unthinkable. Due to what they had done, the Europeans from the Age of Exploration should not be glorified and celebrated in the modern times because they created …show more content…

The spanish were cruel to the Native Americans and caused problems for them in their societies that changed their lives. The fear the native’s held of the Spanish is shown through Chief Hatuey’s Oral History, where it is said that, “As a witness of the atrocities of the Spanish conquistadors against the Taino Indians, Chief Hatuey rounded up his people and fled to another island.” The Spaniards, especially, were very harsh towards the natives of the land and punished them for very minor things, such as not obeying the orders they were given. They went as far as burning Chief Hatuey, chief of the Taino Indian tribe, at the stake, because he, “... Organized an uprising against the Spanish.” This shows the cruelty of the Spanish, which is no reason to celebrate. The Spanish also brought smallpox to the new world, a disease that the Natives were not immune to at all. The spread of smallpox …show more content…

The Spanish conquistadors destroyed the native people’s customs and tried to rid them of all that they did not agree with. New problems were brought to the Native Americans such as bringing in new laws and moral views that could create disagreements amongst the people. Arthur M. Schlesinger indicates that explorers brought things like, “... The liberating ideas of the individual liberty, political democracy, the rule of law, human rights, and cultural freedom…” Things like cultural freedom during a time like this could’ve caused disagreements, pulling the people apart because of their different views. Different views at this time were not an ideal thing, and so having “political democracy”, which can be a very confrontational topic, has a high probability of causing conflict between the people. They brought new ideas to the New World, which could be significantly helpful, except they were problematic and could easily cause disagreements. In addition t0 creating potential conflict between people, with the Spanish and Europeans came the Catholic religion. As the explorers began to arrive to these new lands, they began spreading their religion and at the same time destroying the current religions in the areas. The Native American’s were pulled away from all of their beliefs and customs, including ceremonies and religious practices, because

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