History Final paper

Learning about American history more than 500 years ago is one of my achievements from this class. I have learned many facts which I was totally unknown before. I used to think that Columbus was the first ever person to be in the New world (present day’s America). But, I was wrong. Before Columbus landing, there were already more than hundreds of millions of Indian Americans living in the New World. I have learned in brief about Columbus and his intention of landing in America and how our history book publishers have made him a national hero. But, the truth is he was a rapist and slavery owner. This article clarifies our misconception of thinking that Columbus was a hero.

Five things I found interesting through this article are:

1. The main intention of Columbus to land in America wasn’t to discover it, in fact, he landed in America in search of Gold.

2. He used to treat the Indian Americans as slaves and whoever does manage to find gold, he used to kill them.

3. At that time, South Carolina was the major port for trade and slavery.

4. Native Americans were considered as “savage” and “barbarians”, but in reality, they were much more advanced and civilized than the Europeans.

5. Before Columbus’s landing, many other people had already explored America.