us citizens‚ should not celebrate Columbus Day. Many misconceptions surrounding the man and the holiday‚ cause us to believe that this man not only discovered America‚ but that he was also very peaceful when he arrived in the Caribbean. Although‚ this is not true‚ many facts help support that Christopher Columbus‚ in fact did not discover the continent that we live on today. As a child‚ many kids are taught that Christopher Columbus founded this land‚ and that "Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean
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Should We Celebrate Columbus Day? When I was younger I was taught in school that Christopher Columbus was a brave and determined man who set sail in 1492 in search of a water route to Asia‚ resulting in him being the first man to discover the Americas. Since then I’ve come to realize that is he anything but that. Higher education schooling has taught me that he in fact did not discover the Americas‚ and instead was a ruthless ethnocentric man who’s greed led to slavery‚ torture‚ and mass decline
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name Columbus? Everyone knows Columbus sailed off on the Nina‚ Pinta and the Santa Maria. But what did he exactly do when he got off the ships and went onto the new land? People say he set down his flag and explored the land himself‚ where as others say he went evil on the natives‚ making them become slaves and made them do as he said. Well‚ there’s a whole other story waiting to be told. Once Columbus sailed off on his three ships‚ he set out to sea for about 36 days. Once there Columbus set down
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recognize the achievement of Christopher Columbus have been celebrating Columbus Day on the second Monday of every October. Specifically‚ this year’s Columbus Day was celebrated on 9th October. However‚ the recent article published in New York Times conveys Americans’ losing interest in considering Columbus Day as a certified holiday. According to the author‚ who asks her audience whether the United States should continue celebrating Columbus Day‚ people should clearly understand Columbus’s achievement
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Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer‚ that sailed for Spain‚ in the Age of Exploration. He landed in the Caribbean in the year 1492. He trading with the local people how he thought were Indians. People think that he should not be acknowledged for this accomplishment. Columbus day should be celebrated because it created important history events‚ it brought civilization to the new world‚ and it celebrates Italian immigrants in America. Columbus created important history events like the Pledge
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Should America Continue To Celebrate Columbus Day? Among the various national American holidays‚ Columbus Day has always been one of pride and respect. This day supposedly marks when Europeans first landed eyes on the seemingly empty territory of the Americas during the Age of Exploration‚ ready to conquer and colonize. However‚ should Columbus be praised for this? America should no longer continue to celebrate Columbus Day because Christopher Columbus’s contact with the Americas is not praiseworthy
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Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492. Many people know this saying and the story behind it. Everyone knows who Columbus is and what he did. Although‚ they do not know the horrible things that went on when he reached the Americas. Most people know the story of how he thought the earth was flat and how he could get to India by moving west across the ocean. They know he reached the Americas and thought it was India. However‚ this is not the whole story. We celebrate Columbus Day in honor
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Violet Greeley College Paper Persuasive Paper March 29‚ 2010 Why Columbus Day Should Not Be a Holiday Christopher Columbus has been viewed as a hero for several centuries. Children in elementary schools all over the nation are taught that he discovered America. However‚ there were many other people who were indigenous to the land already and the Vikings arrived in America almost 500 years before Columbus. Christopher Columbus‚ as it turned out‚ was responsible for widespread genocide; he permitted
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Columbus Day It’s hard to decipher where the lines of justice‚ pride‚ and arrogance lie and when they are crossed; however‚ humane treatment and respect - whether that be self-respect or respect for others - is black and white. Columbus day is a holiday in which Americans celebrate a man who is not even an American‚ but better yet the Spanish-acclaimed Viceroy and Governor of the Indies and Admiral of the Seas who overpowered and subjected a whole land of natives to succumb to his rule‚ follow
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over whether Columbus Day should be celebrated as a holiday. Due to Columbus’s past actions‚ Columbus Day should not be a holiday. Christopher Columbus is known for the “discovery” of America‚ though he only ever set foot in Cuba‚ believing it to be Asia. The locals he met were described by him as friendly and giving‚ but Columbus’s first thoughts of them were their use in slavery. Columbus fueled the growth of slavery and many other racist acts and should not be celebrated. When Columbus returned to
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