Columbus: Hero or Murderer? The way in which a history class would teach the story of Christopher Columbus is very biased as opposed to the stories of what actually happened that were recorded. Some people would classify Columbus in the category of a hero. I‚ on the other hand‚ would term him more as a murderer. Columbus stumbled upon America‚ while trying to find a route to India. Staying at the new found land mass is acceptable and predictable. However‚ taking over the new land in a vicious and aggressive
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Chapter 1 1. A Chapter 2 1. Which event brought Queen Isabella to the throne in 1474? a. The death of her brother Henry 2. How did a sea route to Asia impact Europe? a. The route allowed merchants to charge lower prices for imported Eastern goods 3. The government of which country sponsored Christopher Columbus’s 1492 exploration? a. Spain 4. How did Ferdinand and Isabella react to Columbus’s first voyage? a. They believed Spain could challenge Portuguese dominance of the seas 5. The Treaty of Tordesillas
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taught to us as a good man. What really happened in the year 1492 was that Columbus was a liar‚ he ordered his men to kill and hurt people‚ and he was a slave trader. Columbus got permission to sail westward to find China from Ferdinand of Argon and Isabella of Castille. He had told them the trip was for a good cause. He wanted to spread their religion and have others be known and welcome others to it. The King and Queen gave him money for three ships.1 What he had told them was not the truth at all
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Portuguese of going around Africa and into the Indian Ocean. For several years Columbus proposed his idea to the king of Portugal‚ but he was turned down. Undaunted Columbus went to try his luck in Spain. He first met with Queen Isabella I in 1486. Finally‚ in April 1492‚ Isabella and her husband‚ King Ferdinand V‚ signed an agreement with Columbus in which they agreed to pay for his voyage. According to this agreement‚ Columbus would be named admiral‚ become the governor of any lands he discovered‚ and
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different belief systems including Catholicism‚ Islam‚ Protestantism and Judaism. Following the Crusades and the Reconquest of Spain by the Christian Spaniards the leaders of Spain needed a way to unify the country into a strong nation. Ferdinand and Isabella chose Catholicism to unite Spain and in 1478 asked permission of the pope to begin the Spanish Inquisition to purify the people of Spain. They began by driving out Jews‚ Protestants and other non-believers.In 1483 Tomas de Torquemada became the inquisitor-general
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by sailing west he would find a quicker and easier route to the East. Like everyone else‚ he thought that the earth was smaller than it is‚ and like all other Europeans at that time‚ he did not know about the existence of America. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella promised Columbus that if he succeeded he would be given the rank of “Admiral of the Ocean Sea” and appointed Viceroy and Governor of all the new lands he could claim for Spain. Columbus was to be believed as a greedy man; however he did promise
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Christopher Columbus Cristoforo Colombo‚ also known as Christopher Columbus was born in the city of Genoa‚ Italy in 1451. He was born into a family of Christians‚ which consisted of his father‚ Domenico Colombo‚ his mother Susanna Fontanarossa‚ and his younger brother Bartholomew Colombo. Christopher and his brother served in the Portuguese Merchant Marine‚ which is where he learned many of his skills necessary for sailing. He learned how to be a chart maker which assisted him in his later discoveries
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in an attempt to boost his own political influence. Henry VIII of England‚ for whom women were beheaded for not bearing him a son‚ and who is rumored to have eaten eight chickens a night while English peasants starved. The notorious Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain‚ who carried out the Spanish Inquisition. The list is endless. Even in literature‚ we see the corruption and downfall of society and mankind as a whole as a result of the abuse of success in the possession of those who do not deserve it
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Christopher Columbus. Although a perceived successful leader and a determined one‚ he lacked the ability to think for the welfare of his supporters. During the period of Columbus’ discovery of the Bahamas‚ he needed a way to show his sponsor‚ Queen Isabella‚ that his mission was not in vain. He discovered that the natives were not valuable as slaves because of their lack of immunities from common European diseases. Columbus set the island’s inhabitants to work looking for gold. Columbus forced his crew
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