Persuasive Essay On Columbus Day

In October of 1492, Portuguese explorer Christopher Columbus landed by ship in the “New World” which is today known as the Americas. Many people believe the holiday that honors him annually in October has great meaning behind it. However, I believe Columbus day should not be celebrated. Christopher Columbus was not the first person ever to discover the Americas, he abused natives on their own land, and the holiday isn’t celebrated in the way it should be.

Almost every state and school use to celebrate this national holiday; Columbus Day. Sadly, people around the country have decided that Columbus Day should no longer have his own holiday. Schools, and many Columbus Day parades have decided to cancel their parades and schools no longer have a ¨Columbus Day¨. Still people think Columbus was a brave good man, while others believe he was a terrible soul that’s greedy and cruel.

The United States admires Christopher Columbus for the things people think he did, but his “accomplishments” and “discoveries” may have been false. Columbus day should not be celebrated because he didn’t do the things he said he did, he did terrible things, and he caused problems to happen. Christopher Columbus didn’t do the things he said he did like discovering America, having knowledge, and he never actually meant to find the Americas. Columbus did terrible things such as encouraging men to rape girls, having harsh punishments for people with minor offenses, and he lead hunting dogs to tear the Indians apart. He caused many problems like death, slavery, and destroying culture.

The first reason for why Christopher Columbus should not be celebrated is because he committed mass genocide against the Native Americans. “Endless testimonies...prove the mild and pacific temperament of the natives…. But our work was to exasperate, ravage, kill, mangle and destroy; small wonder,” -Bartolome Las Casas, 1527. This shows how Columbus's crew, as well as him killed for amusement. Not only that he liked to kill in brutal ways like mutilation or being ripped apart by dogs.

When I was younger I was under the impression that Christopher Columbus was a great man and that he discovered America. We celebrate Columbus day because we honor him for “discovering America”.

Putting aside all the horrible things Columbus did, he did help colonize North America. He opened up a new world where people could go to freely express themselves, it was the land of the free. People could freely practice their religion and many could start a new life. Another reason why people don't want Columbus day to change is because of his Italian background. Many italian americans are proud of Christopher Columbus because of his italian background. But we do have to realize that he did not treat the indigenous people who were there first well at all. I feel we can like I said I think we should still acknowledge Christopher Columbus and how he civilized North America but we shouldn't give him a federal holiday because of the crimes against humanity that he

Christopher Columbus is a Villain. On some accounts he can be a Hero. But on many other accounts he's a vicious Villain. Yes he discovered America ; Yes we have a holiday that commemorates the landing of Christopher Columbus in the New World on October 12, 1492. But here are some reasons to why he's a evil man.

Throughout many historical interpretations of the explorer, Christopher Columbus, many included his voyage of seeking for a new route from Europe to the land of the riches, Asia. Although Columbus never set foot in Asia, he had traveled west and discovered the New World, and led many influential impacts. From Columbus’s exploration, it created several questionings along with controversies, debating whether people should celebrate Columbus Day. Nevertheless, Columbus Day should not be a national holiday, because the honor presented by the holiday does not suit many of Columbus’s despicable actions. Columbus had received the wrong title for his journey, his discovery lead to massive amounts of murders, and his greed for valuables and fame was also part of Columbus’s

Columbus day should not be a holiday because columbus did a lot of cruel things.Him and his men enslaved native inhabitants many many were killed because columbus ordered a brutall

America’s citizens are often very patriotic and love to celebrate those that have helped make their great nation, Columbus, supposedly, being one of these people. However, it is quite astonishing that Columbus Day is even celebrated as a patriotic holiday, considering all of the terrible things he did to the indigenous people of the New World. Citizens all over America express many different beliefs about the world, but the vast majority have a universal belief that murder and cruelty are wrong, so why celebrate a man who practically specialized in unnecessary, unprovoked cruelty. Many know the arrival of Europeans on American soil was terrible for the Native Americans, but few know the role Columbus himself played in the cruelty indigenous people

Why is a killer, slave trader and rapist honored each year? Columbus is celebrated each year and around the 500th anniversary of Columbus Day many skepticisms were brought to light about Columbus and the terror he brought to the American Indians. Should Columbus Day be abolished and was he a villain? A villain is usually very selfish person that’s purpose is to bring terror to people who are undeserving of that terror. I think columbus day should be abolished because he killed millions of people, he traded slaves, he was a rapist, he was selfish and he forcefully changed cultures but his discoveries shouldn’t be ignored or forgotten because he was important for the exploration of America and the improvement in navigation.

Columbus day is a day that we think of Christopher Columbus for “finding” america. Yet he really did not find america the native Americans did not Columbus. Columbus day is really just a way to get out of school for a day. Columbus is a man that did a lot of bad things to the native Americans all for just the money. I think that we should not have Columbus day because he really did not do anything for this country except kill a lot of native Americans which was really bad.

I believe that Columbus Day shouldn’t be a holiday. Columbus was horrible to the Native Americans, He took them as slaves, wiped out them with diseases, and just killed them outright with superior weapons like guns. He tried to convert Native Americans into Christians while trying to wipe out the Native American Culture.

I believe that, to this day, Columbus day should be celebrated. Although Columbus might not have done a lot of the amazing things we've said he's done, Columbus is still apart of our history and has still done some great things in the past. Columbus Day is a U.S. holiday that commemorates the landing of Christopher Columbus in the New World on October 12, 1492. Although they later found this not to be true, Christopher is still a very important person to this society.

Evidence: If the Taínos failed to complete the mission, “Columbus ordered that Taíno be ‘punished,’ by having their hands chopped off, or they were chased down by attack dogs” (Huffington Post).