Columbus Blog

In honor of Columbus Day and the beautiful 4-day-weekend it has brought to us students, I now present the Columbus blog with the question of this:

Should Columbus be considered a Hero or a Villian

(answered with the opinion of yours truly: me)

I believe that Christopher Columbus should, in fact, be considered a hero. Yes, I do understand that he went and enslaved/killed a bunch of natives(like many conquistadors and explorers who followed after him), but the way I see it is that Columbus opened the New World. Without Columbus, the land we know today as North and South America would likely not have been discovered for what could have been hundreds of years after the legendary 1492. Had this been the case then the Great country of America(which this blog is dedicated to the history of) might not have been created. Also, if/when the lands called North and South America were discovered later in history there is a very good chance that the enslavement and killing of the native people's would have occurred then, as well, which makes it so there is no benefit for the New World having been found later by someone who was not Columbus. Feel free to disagree, but this is what I believe. Have a good Columbus Day!

Christopher Columbus and boat(click hyperlink for source)