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Riley Sullivan 2/21/11 Block 7 Christopher Columbus: Hero or villain?

Christopher Columbus found North and Central America. What’s bad about that?

Columbus not only found the Americas, but he opened a whole new route of trading to the west. The people and their resources that

Columbus found in the new world changed people’s lives forever. The Native Americans introduced Europe to goods such as corn,

potatoes, beans and squash all because of Columbus. The natives also showed Columbus and his crew valuable skills about farming

and hunting that they could take back to Europe. These foods and skills would help Europe thrive.

The abundance of land in the new world also helped Europe from over populating. Soon after Columbus discovered America countries

in Europe began sending immigrants to the new world to start colonies there.

Some argue that Columbus wasn’t the first to discover America, and he wasn’t.

But he most likely wasn’t even aware that the Vikings discovered America before him.

So overall, Columbus was a marquee man in the history of America.