Wendy Aguilar CHS 245 OL-14003. They are Indians from the Bahama Islands. (Zinn,1) They were known...
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Columbus, The Indians, And Human Progress Wendy Aguilar CHS 245 OL-14003
Wendy Aguilar CHS 245 OL-14003. They are Indians from the Bahama Islands. (Zinn,1) They were known for their hospitality and their believe that they need
They are Indians from the Bahama Islands. (Zinn,1) They were
known for their hospitality and their believe that they need to
share what they have. (Zinn,1)
Slide 3
We all have been taught that he is the founder of The Americas
He persuaded the king and queen of Spain to finance a expedition to
the lands. (Zinn,2) He wanted to go to the Indies and Asia to get
wealthy, he was expecting to find gold and spices. (Zinn,2)
Slide 4
When the Arawaks saw that Columbus was arriving they went to
greet them. Columbus main purpose was to find gold. He took some of
the Arawaks as prisoners to have them learn from him and him learn
from them.
Slide 5
Columbus believed he had discovered the Indies and Asia but he
actually discovered the Caribbean Islands.
Slide 6
Christopher Columbus was promised 10 percent of the profits,
governorship over new found lands, and the fame that would go with
a new title: Admiral of the Ocean Sea. (Zinn,2) He had then sent an
exaggerated report of the discovery of this land they allowed him
to go on another expedition this time they gave him more boats so
he can bring more things back to Spain.
Slide 7
In Hispaniola where Santa Maria crashed Columbus did a ford and
left his men there when he came back he found them dead. Columbus
took many as slaves for their second voyage. He took women and
children as slaves for sex and labor. (Zinn,4)
Slide 8
Fort Navidad where Columbus found his men killed by the
Arawaks.
Slide 9
Columbus took many Arawaks as slaves back to Spain.
Slide 10
Because Columbus had promised to bring back as many gold as
they wished to be wealthy he was getting more slaves because he
didnt know where to find gold and he wasnt having any luck. In
1495, he took 15 hundred Arawak men, women and children, put them
in pens guarded by Spaniards and dogs. (Zinn,4) From those fifteen
hundred he only took 500 on the boat.
Slide 11
Here we see how cruel Columbus and the Spaniards were with the
Arawaks that they took to be slaves.
Slide 12
Slide 13
Spaniards had turned conceited. If they needed to go somewhere
in a hurry they would tell the Arawaks to carry them. Since the
Spaniards had total control they saw themselves as the big ones
this later turned into total cruelty for the Arawaks.
Slide 14
Between 1494 to 1508 over three million had died from the wars,
slavery and the mines. Through out history this isnt the only
example of cruelty to others. Cortes treated the Aztecs of Mexico
the same as Columbus treated the Arawaks with cruelty. He turned
Aztec against Aztec that way they would kill each other and scare
others so they will listen to him.
Slide 15
Christopher Columbus as we know discovered the Americas not
Asia how he said he did. He treated the Arawaks very cruel. Arawaks
where sold as slaves in Spain and Christopher Columbus didnt find
much gold at the Americas. Columbus isnt the only one is history to
treat a special group cruelly, Cortes did the same to the
Aztecs.
Slide 16
Works Cited Zinn, Howard. A people's history of the United
States. New York: Harper & Row, 1980. Print. Casas, Bartolome
de las. History of the Indies. New York: Harper Torchbooks, Harper
& Row, 1971. Print.