Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa Italy, to the son of a weaver. He quickly took to sea in his teens and he started to sail, but on his first trip he was attacked by French privateers off the coast of Portugal. To escape the privateers, he jumped ship and swam to shore, eventually marrying his wife there. He continued to sail around the world, and in the late 1400’s he wanted to find a better route to Asia. He first approached Genoa, then Venice and finally struck a deal with Isabella of Castille and Ferdinand of Aragaon. They funded him and he set off for America. He had three voyages there, and recorded most of it in his journal. Columbus Day is a US National holiday celebrating Christopher Columbus’ ‘discovery’ of America I don’t think that the US celebrate Columbus Day as a national holiday because of how Columbus treated the Native Americans.

To prove to Isabella and Ferdinand that the journey to the New World would be profitable “He rounds up 1600 Taínos-- the same people he had earlier described as ‘so full of love and without greed’. Some 550 them -- ‘among the best males and females,’ writes colonist Michele de Cuneo -- and chained and taken to ships to be sent to …show more content…
The Core Democratic Value Justice states- All United States citizens are to be treated fairly. As Columbus is taking over the New World for Spain, and the new Native American ‘citizens’ of Spain should be treated fairly, just as they were Spaniard citizens. But Columbus and his men(who are under his control) steal, take slaves, rape women, mutilate people, and kill the natives. This is against many US and international laws, and violates the Democratic Core Values. Even though these are unfamiliar people, they are living in their native land, Columbus decides to go against all justice and equality, to gain gold and