Why Christopher Columbus Should Be Honored
At work somebody came up to me and asked me why I always
speak about Columbus Day as being important. The simple answer is that it was
important that Columbus discovered America when he did. If somebody from a
country that was able to colonize America didn’t discover America until 100
years later than 1492 think about how that would have changed the modern world.
America would have not been a mature enough country to win World War II and
defeat Communism. The world’s modern economy runs off of America. Christopher Columbus
and the country of Spain should be honored every second Monday in October. He
was brave enough to sail to an unknown land in 1492.
Because of him the world modernized faster. Europe was able advance because of the gold in
America. Also the new trade routes empowered everybody. Your life is easier
because of Christopher Columbus.
I know, Columbus wasn’t the first to discover America. But
he was supported by a country who could colonize America and make it into
something beneficial. The Vikings and the Chinese found the land first. But
there is a big difference between finding a piece of land and actually doing
something with it. Spain and England did something with the Americas.
I always hear people disparage Columbus for killing the
native population. It was 1492. Those were the times. If it wasn’t Columbus and
the Spaniards killing the native people it would have been somebody else. In
those times countries conquered. Kill or be killed.
HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY
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