This is actually something I feel very strongly about partially due to one of my past Social Studies teachers. I strongly believe that Columbus was a villain and that there are really not many arguments otherwise. He is usually referred to as the first person to discover America and the New World. But in reality he was just the first European to do so. Native Americans had been living there for many years and also Russians who crossed the land bridge had already inhabited Northern America. Not only did he not do these good things but he did many terrible things in the new world. He arrived and decided that the land was his although there were already Natives who had established civilizations. But instead of trying to coexist with the natives or assimilate into their culture, Columbus and his men assimilated the Natives into their culture. Even worse, if the natives refused to do so, Columbus had no mercy or sympathy, instead he killed them. Overall I believe Columbus was a selfish and pompous man and does not deserve to be celebrated the way he is today.
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