Nazifa Ahmed Coach Earnest Defense Lawyer Question and Analysis 9 November 2017 Queen Isabella Questions What were your motives for giving a murderer named Alonso de Hojeda a license to kill? This question will further my argument because it introduces information that supports my argument. The question will allow for the Queen to talk about her motives. I expect she will admit to ordering the murders of English men on a expedition to the new world because of Spain's development and stopping the development of other countries. This presents the question “Why wouldn’t the Queen order Columbus to kill and enslave natives if it guaranteed Spain’s success over other countries if they were willing to stop a small English expedition?” The natives …show more content…
didn’t have advanced weaponry like the English, not being as strong as them. We can conclude that if the Queen was willing to kill English men that did have power but were only starting a small expedition then why wouldn’t she order killing of the natives if they can’t attack the Spanish in their home country and would bring the Spanish lots of wealth (Kilkenny). Would you allow or even order Columbus to enslave as well as kill if it meant the development of Spain and Christianity? This question will further my argument because it helps make the leap between that information and the argument we are making about Columbus acting on the orders of the Queen. The link between the Queen’s motivation to further Spain's development and stopping the development of other countries will be made clear from this answer because it will build on information from the last question and make the information relevant. The Queen was willing to take on an enemy far superior, the English, so it is logical she would order Columbus to kill and enslave an enemy that were defenseless like the Natives (Kilkenny). If the Pope gave the Spanish monarchy permission to enslave natives if they were evangelized to strengthen the catholic church, would refusing to enslave be going against the Pope and be a punishable act? This question will build the defense’s argument because it clarifies the orders of enslavement was given by the monarchy from the Pope, showing that Columbus as an individual had no power to go against these orders and expectations.
The evidence of the papal bulls Inter Caetera and Dadam Siquidem prove that the permission came from the Pope. It's clear that going against the Church is a punishable act in the country and in the eyes of their God. Enslaving and evangelizing them was an honorable act because they were believed to brought to salvation (Rivera). Carol Delaney Questions From Christopher Columbus’s primary sources, what were his impressions of the Natives? This question will further the defense’s argument because the answer will establish the idea that Columbus had a good impression of the Natives. Columbus’s journal talks about how he liked the natives and thought they were intelligent (Nardi). He also thought they would be natural Christians as they had no false faith and he believed they did not have any other Gods (Pelowski). He told his men not to “marud, [or] rape but treat [them] with respect.” This shows that he didn’t want to harm or harass them, he wanted to get along. Liked natives - thought they were intelligent Natural christians - no false faith Told crew not to “marud, rape but treat with …show more content…
respect” Columbus wasn’t there when injustice happened Should Christopher Columbus be judged based on current standards of society for acts that were committed in the 15 century? This will support Christopher Columbus because it will show how unjustified it is to qualify an act as a crime based on modern standards when it took place when these acts were acceptable. During the 15 century when empires were developing and expanding through enslavement, warfare and pillage of resources Christopher Columbus’s act was heroic and morally applauded. According to standards now, his act can be seen as a crime but at the time when it wasn’t a crime to help your country and religion to expand in these ways, it is not logical to judge his acts based on completely different societal standards (Nardi). This will further the defense’s argument because it guides the professor's response to support Columbus’s act which took place at a time where these standards did not exist. Enslaved cannibals because of pope http://www.kofc.org/en/columbia/detail/2012_06_columbus_interview.html Works Cited Delaney, Carol.
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Columbus and de las Casas were both explorers of the new world. They both encountered Native Americans and their treatment of them was both similar and different. Columbus viewed the Native American as subhumans. He did not have much respect for the people of the land and treated them as such. In his letter to Luis de Santangel, Columbus says how he took possession of the native’s highnesses by proclamation. He also discloses how no one fought back which then made native Americans seem weak. He also states how he already took Indians aboard with him.At one instance Columbus had a dispute with Spainards and decided to give up Indians as a peace offering. Which he states in the letter to that tey were not his to give
Ransby believes “Columbus 's image has been scrubbed clean and sanitized by many generations of American historians so that he can now be offered up as a sterling example of the glorious era of discovery.” (Ransby, 1992/2015, p.14). Objective evidence is also a major component in this article. Columbus’s journal proved he wanted to exploit, and enslave the Indians. A population of 300,000 dwindled to a mere one by 1540. (Ransby, 1992/2015, p.12). Many scene of rape, murder and beating were also described in journals of sailors that travelled with
Written sometime after A People’s History of the United States, the play on words might indicate the authors’ intent to refute the biased nature of the older book, and redeem the major players. Chapter one begins covering the year 1492-1707 with the age of European discovery. Schweikart and Allen focus of the catchy phrase “God, glory, and gold” as the central motives for exploration, emphasizing the desire to bring the Gospel to the New World. They paint native settlers as “thieves” and “bloodthirsty killers who pillage for pleasure” (Allen 1). The narrative continues, discussing the explorers from Portugal and Spain and their contact with the Arabs and Africans. The authors quote Columbus as saying “[he] hoped to convert them ‘to our Holy Faith by love rather than by force’” (4) a contrary portrayal to that in A People’s History of the United States. The authors continue on to discuss the French and English and the foundations for success in the New World; how people lived in the Colonial South. They write about the physical labor, the natural resources, and the food. Schweikart and Allen enlighten the readers about early slavery, the start of the House of Burgesses, the founding of Plymouth, Massachusetts, the Pequot Indian War, the English Civil War, Bacon’s Rebellion, Pennsylvania’s settlement, and the
Columbus described the people as being timid and unfitted to use weapons. He wrote, “They have no iron or steel or weapons, nor are they fitted to use them. This is not because they are not very well built and of handsome stature, but because they are very marvellously timorous.” Columbus described them as though they will not provide any resistance because they do not have the skill to use weapons, and that they very timid people. However, as shown in the first quote, Columbus wrote that they did not put up any opposition; he later wrote in the letter that he took some of the natives by force. If the natives did not put up any opposition to Columbus, why would he need to take them by force? Columbus also notes that they had been very serviceable, and would very much be open to evangelization. An important note, Columbus wrote more and provided more detail about the vast islands he had “discovered” compared to the indigenous people, of which he wrote, “ In all these islands, I saw no great diversity in the appearance of the people or in their manners and language.” In the end, Columbus’s description of the Indigenous people was that are serviceable people would make adequate slaves. Columbus’s letter paints a good picture into his imperialistic mind, as opposed to providing information about the
The discovery and conquest of American Indians inspired efforts to develop an ideology that could justify why they needed to enslave the Indians. The Spanish monarch wanted an ideal empire. "A universal empire, of which all their subjects were but servants. Charles V remained for them the dominus mundi, the legitimate and God-ordained lord of the world." (Weckmann, The Transit of Civilization, 23) Gold and religious conversion was the two most important inspirations for conquistadors in conquering America. Father Bartolome De Las Casas was a Dominican priest who came to the New World to convert the Indians to become Christians. He spent forty years on Hispanolia and nearby islands, and saw how the Spaniards brutally treated the Indians and sympathized with them. The Devastation of the Indies was an actual eyewitness account of the genocide by Las Casas, and his group of Dominican friars in which he demonizes the Spanish colonists and praises the Indians. Father Las Casas returned to Seville, where he published his book that caused an on going debate on whether the suppression of the Indians corrupted the Spaniards' values. What Las Casas was trying to achieve was the notion of human rights, that human beings are free and cogent by nature without the interference of others.
What he and his men did to the Indigenous people is told in horrifying detail by the Dominican priest Bartolome de Las Casas, “whose writings give the most thorough account of the Spanish-Indian encounter.” Las Casas witnessed firsthand Columbus’ soldiers stabbing Natives for sport, dashing babies’ heads on rocks, and sexually abusing Indigenous women. His testimony was corroborated by other eyewitnesses, such as a group of Dominican friars, who addressed the Spanish monarchy in 1519, hoping to bring an end to the atrocities. At the very least, Columbus was complicit in the actions of his men. He cared so little for the welfare of the Indigenous people that he let his soldiers commit reprehensible acts that would be considered crimes against humanity in the present day. Christopher Columbus’ actions suggest he had no issue with serving as an enabler of the horrifying actions committed by his men against the Indigenous
First, Columbus was a cruel man who enslaved, raped, and murdered the natives of the countries he sailed to. According to an article by John Margolis entitled "Goodbye Columbus", Columbus "oversaw the killings of some (Indians) and ordered the enslavement of others." Margolis goes on to say that Columbus did not prevent his crewmen from raping the innocent natives, and even that he himself raped an Indian women after beating her "with a piece of rope". If these actions do not constitute villainy, I don't know what does.
Although this essay is historically accurate it lacks important details, which might paint a different view of Columbus. Boorstin writes favorable of Columbus and depicts him as a heroic and determined figure who helped shape history, but he neglects to include Columbus’ unethical acts committed in the world that was not supposed to exist, the Americas. When Columbus first discovered the New World, he took care that the royal standard had been brought ashore and he claimed the land for Spain in front of all, including the indigenous population who had been sighted even before Columbus made landfall. According to the medieval concepts of natural law, only those territories that are uninhabited can become the property of the first person to discover them. Clearly this was an unethical act. Thus, the first contact between European and non-European worlds was carried out through a decidedly European prism, which ensured Spanish claim to the islands of the Americas. Faced with a colony in an inhospitable area, the Spanish soon inaugurated the practice of sending regular military parties inland to subdue the increasingly hostile natives. Members of the indigenous population were captured and enslaved to support the fledgling colony. The object of Columbus’ desire changed from exploration and trade to conquest and subjugation.
The process of committing a violent act is psychological in and of itself, to be able to physically hurt someone you must believe they are less then you. What must you believe to commit murder, much less mass murder or genocide? In an impressive display of cognitive dissonance Columbus went from admiring the Native American using words and phrases such as “well built”, “of quick intelligence”. When justifying going to war he calls them “cruel”, “warlike and numerous”, and “stupid”. Columbus justified the enslavement and murder of the Native people by dehumanizing them, making them less than human. Even when Columbus is complimenting the Caribbean Natives he is already thinking
After examining the writings of Christopher Columbus and Bartolome de Las Casas, it is clear to see that there is a stark contrast between their description of the Spanish settlers. In the excerpt from the Christopher Columbus Journal, 1492, Columbus seems to depict the Spanish as righteous, entitled saviors who have come to help the Indians. An example of this can be found on page four, where Columbus writes, “…Your Highnesses will see from seven that I caused to be taken in order to carry them away to you and to learn our language and to return them. Except that, whenever your Highnesses may command, all of them can be taken to Castile or held captive in this same island.” This quote demonstrates how the Spanish believed they could do whatever
When Columbus landed on the new land he put a flag in the ground claiming it for Spain. Then he met the Native Americans and was very friendly to them. “I want the natives to develop a friendly attitude toward us because I know that they are a people who can be made free and converted to our Holy Faith more by love thwn by force,” Columbus wrote in his journal.
Christopher Columbus acted as a *vocab friend to the Native Americans when he really just enslaved and killed them; that sparking the start of a genocide. Columbus and the rest of the Europeans stumbling upon the Americas in 1492 was just a start of the events the caused this holocaust, also known as the 500 year war, and the longest holocaust in history. Young Americans today are taught that the Native Americans and European colonist were *vocab friendly, while ?he enslaved and caused much harm to the culture, including nearly killing it off (Stannard). Public Schools teach students that Christopher Columbus did a good thing and find our land, just like Hitler used propaganda to brainwash naive citizens into thinking what he did was a respectable
The saying that “Absolute power corrupts absolutely” seems to fit some accounts of the Catholic Church in Latin America. Far away from the authority and watchful eye of the Vatican, atrocities in the name of the Church had taken place. Though I believe it was not the norm but the exception.
This is an analysis of Christopher Columbus’s Letter on His First Voyage on page 381. Christopher Columbus wrote a letter to his King and Queen of Spain, while he was in the West Indies. He wrote this letter in February 1493 reflecting on his voyage across the Atlantic in 1492. After reading this letter, I can tell that Columbus felt like he was better than the native people of the different islands he journeyed and that a lot of things they did were very strange to him. I can also tell that the world was a lot different to him and to people in 1492, than it is to people in 2014 because he referred to the native people of the various islands he traveled to as Indians, whereas most people in 2014 know that India and Latin American are not the