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Christopher Columbus: HeroBy: Andrew Gates and Levi Curtis
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Christopher Columbus lived from 1451-1506
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Trade Route
Columbus was a hero because he not only landed in America, but also was the person from
Europe who mapped it.
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Discovers America in 1492
Columbus’s voyages led to the first lasting contact with the Americas.
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Reasons
This led to an era of European exploration, conquest, and colonization in America.
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Columbus Promoted Religion
Columbus himself had accomplishments in America by spreading the Christian religion.
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Colonization in America
“Columbus’s claim to fame isn’t that he got there first,” explains historian Martin Dugard,
“its that he stayed.”
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Driven to Acquire Gold
Columbus was trying to find riches and bring it back for profit
in Spain.
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Encouraged Pilgrims to Settle
His exploration led to mass colonization. There was hope for a new land for people to settle and start a new life.
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Persistent and Powerful Man
It took him 10 years to convince the crown to agree to pay for his first big voyage.
(Pinta, Nina, Santa Maria)