Was Christopher Colombus a Hero or Villian

October 15, 2012 Was Christopher capital of Ohio a Hero or a Villain to the States? Yes,capital of Ohiodiscoveredthe States, provided do you know how many deaths and how a good deal destruction itcost? capital of Ohiowent to explore the ocean and he engraft a new continent,NorthAmerica. He was actually looking for India and its golden but found a different place. Exploration ofNorthAmericabrought so many destructive things to people. All of those things happened because ofColumbus. It shits one want to hypothesise that Columbusis a villain. First thing that betraysColumbusa bad guy is lying. Columbuslied to the queen ab break the explored is landed estate.He said that theres a lot of gold and spices, and people there would share anything with anyone. Columbus to a fault lied that he stretchinessed Asia, which was his destination spot. He said all those things to make the queen believe that hes a good man and to save himself from the death. 5 hundred years before Columbus wa s even born, the Vikings settled land in northern North America. They were the true discoverers of the New World. Christopher Columbus however takes credit while the Vikings are remembered as drunken savages. Not simply did he not discover the New World, but his calculations were based on others works.What kind of genius cant find his way of life to where he wants to go and accordingly 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 dormant nationally celebrate his accomplishments that were all except faux. Another interesting event aboutColumbusbeing a villain is that he deculturalized people. When he arrived, he started to control all of the land. He wanted to shape the Americas into a European society, and he did not want to consider the current shipway of the Native American practices into his new society.In fact, he would kill-or have his men-kill the Natives if he mat that the y were being too unruly. For example how Columbus was on a explosive charge to convert everyone to Christianity, instead of just letting the primevals keep their normal unearthly 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 trying to make them all Christian. He was also givingwomenless power and fewer rights, andwomenhad to work at handle and men had to work on deadly mines.A lot of people were protesting but if they protested, they were getting killed. Thats another 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 sur vived mainstay to Europe. They also raped the Native Americans, beat, abused 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 derriere 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 condition to phone Columbus a bad guy of history. Columbuswasnt that some(prenominal) of a hero, as many people would say.I mean yes, he did bid a very important parts in history. For example he brought exchanged different plants and animals between Europe and America. He also brought more attention to a new continent, and partially helped the Native Americans (before he killed a lot of them). But he also did the devious things like cleanup the Native Americans, spreading diseases to them, enslaving them and torturing and 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 andpainthat he brought to people makes him a villain. Also the conflicts he caused between different countries and regions . Dont you see? Reference page 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