Was Christopher Colombus a Hero or Villian

October 15, 2012 Was Christopher capital of Ohio a Hero or a Villain to America? Yes,capital of OhiodiscoveredAmerica, provided do you manage how many deaths and how much destruction itcost? capital of Ohiowent to explore the ocean and he found a new continent,NorthAmerica. He was actually looking for India and its florid but found a diametrical place. Exploration ofNorthAmericabrought so many bad things to people. All of those things happened because ofcapital of Ohio. It makes one want to conjecture that Columbusis a scoundrel. First thing that makesColumbusa bad guy is lying. Columbus be to the queen about the explored island.He said that theres a lot of gold and spices, and people there would share anything with anyone. Columbus also lied that he reached Asia, which was his destination spot. He said all those things to make the queen deal that hes a good man and to save himself from the death. Five hundred years before Columbus was heretofore born, the Vikings settled lan d in northern North America. They were the true discoverers of the new-fashioned World. Christopher Columbus merely takes identification while the Vikings are remembered as drunken savages. Not only did he not discover the New World, but his calculations were based on others works.What kind of hero cant find his way to where he wants to go and consequently receives the credit for a complete and utter accident This doesnt only make him a liar but it also makes him selfish. But yet we Americans still nationally celebrate his accomplishments that were all just faux. Another enkindle fact aboutColumbus existence a villain is that he deculturalized people. When he arrived, he started to constraint all of the land. He wanted to shape the Americas into a European society, and he did not want to take up the current ways of the Native American practices into his new society.In fact, he would kill-or have his men-kill the Natives if he felt that they were being too unruly. For example h ow Columbus was on a mission to convert everyone to Christianity, instead of just let the natives keep their normal religious practices. If you ask me he sounds more like a Hitler than a hero. Columbusmet SarawakIndiansinNorth America he wanted to make them just like Europeans. He was seek to make them all Christian. He was also givingwomenless power and fewer rights, andwomenhad to work at fields and men had to work on deadly mines.A lot of people were protesting but if they protested, they were getting killed. Thats another(prenominal) thing that makesColumbusa villain. Every native older than 14 was given an amount of gold to find per day. Those who didnt reach their amount got their hands chopped off. That is nothing compared to what he did to runaways whom were executed. These Europeans also brought disease that the natives immune systems couldnt handle. Besides genocide, he also kidnapped 500 natives and brought the half that survived back to Europe. They also raped the Nati ve Americans, beat, step them and even tested out new weapons on them.The last but the worst thing thatColumbusdid to gain a bad character name is his partial massacre. WhenColumbuswent toAmerica thesecond time, he brought a lot of NativeAmericans back with him to make them slaves to work for his queen. A lot of people diedon the way to Columbuss country, and others were dying because they worked hard as slaves in mines and fields, which was hard and dangerous. And thats the third reason to call Columbus a bad guy of history. Columbuswasnt that much of a hero, as many people would say.I signify yes, he did play a very important parts in history. For example he brought exchange different plants and animals between Europe and America. He also brought more attention to a new continent, and part helped the Native Americans (before he killed a lot of them). But he also did the devious things like killing the Native Americans, spreading diseases to them, enslaving them and torturing a nd abusing them, its easy to see why you could call Christopher Columbus a villain and defiantly not a hero afterhearingall the details of his adventure.All the destruction and torturethat he brought to people makes him a villain. Also the conflicts he caused between different countries and regions . Dont you think? Reference scalawag http//www. scholastic. com/teachers/article/christopher-columbus-1451-1506 http//voices. yahoo. com/christopher-columbus-hero-villain-330564. html Holt McDougal United States History, Beginnings to 1877 2013, Florida Edition chapters 1-2