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Christopher Columbus: Hero By: Andrew Gates and Levi Curtis

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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)