Columbus Debate Should Columbus’s discovery of the New World be: Celebrated as a triumph? Or denounced as a tyranny?

Christopher Columbus Columbus sails to the New World in

Exchange Goods are exchanged

Disease Natives contract small pox

Slavery Slaves and slavery changed the New World forever. Huge numbers of slaves and natives die from disease and overworking. 7 years is the average life span of a slave working in a plantation.

Colonies in the New World European nations compete to set up colonies for: *religious reasons *desire for land *economic opportunity & power!

The Exchange Changed the World The Potato Eaters Vincent van Gogh

What in the World???? You Make the Connection Makudonarudo And the Age of Exploration?? You Make the Connection Makudonarudo

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Debate Should Columbus’s discovery of the New World be: In two groups compile a list of arguments from your notes for your assigned topic. Should Columbus’s discovery of the New World be: Celebrated as a triumph? Or denounced as a tyranny?