Christopher Columbus the villain

By: Jen Harrop, Hannah Covington, Kevin Minden

Info about C.C.

• He was born in late October, 1451• He died in 1506• Christopher believed that if he took a

ship-trip across the ocean, to India, that he would find riches and such…

• Conquest: Columbus left in 1492 for his journey to the new world, India

Reasons for journey

• He wanted to find riches and land

• There was need for a trade route, so he went to find and or create one that connected Europe and India.

The Journey

• The sailors were forced to drink their urine and eat the leather from their shoes.

• Starvation and infection were common aspects of this time era that exceeded when taking on the ocean.

Where he thought he was

• This is where the term Indian came from because C.C was “in India”.

Where he actually was

The term “Indian” comes from this image because this is the first thing Columbus saw in this new world.

What he did when he got there

• Pilgrims were mistreated

Native reaction

• Angry

• They felt laughed at and mocked.

Things that he found

• Land, money, people, trade route.

Evidence

• He abused the native people.

• He was cruel, deceitful, self centered.

• He did not care if other people suffered.

• Columbus liked watching the natives die and suffer.

Conclusive statement

• Christopher was a bad man….inconsiderate