Do u think Christopher Columbus would have still announced that he had discovered an unknown land if he could have forsaw all the pain and suffering the native americans were put through? and question #2) do u think the native american realised what a threat the white men/people were and killed the villagers of roanoke?SERIOUS ANSWERS ONLY---NO SMART AS$ES!!
2006-07-28 17:23:13 · 5 answers · asked by carmilla_delioncourt 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
#1)I think he would have annoounced that he discovered an unknown land because I don't think he cared about the native americans. When he landed in the caribbean his men ransacked the islands, using the natives as slaves, and killed the men and raped the women. Then he stole their valuables. He was definitly no hero and only cared about himself- not the natives. #2) Yes.
2006-07-28 17:32:20 · answer #1 · answered by Roxy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without a doubt he would have. Christopher Columbus didn't care one way or the other as to the pain and suffering that would ensue. He was an egomaniacal mercenary who got lost and stumbled upon the "New World". The Native Americans that he found were little more than any other animal that he encountered in this strange land. Concerning your second question, no one knows for certain what happened to the colonist of Roanoke Island. The most likely scenario in my opinion was some sort of massacre. There were other colonies that were killed in large numbers by the Natives. There was a massacre in Jamestown that resulted in the death of almost 400 colonists.
2006-07-29 01:31:47 · answer #2 · answered by Gator714 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you seem to be assuming that the natives where marvelous innocent and peaceful societies....
True, in very few cases. But you know, they were also humans, and you know how humans are, no matter the colour of the skin...
Other than that, certainly the Caribe Indians were no veggies, but cannibals, the Inca loved both human sacrifices and ruling over other cultures, the Aztecs were beaten by a bunch of Spaniards and loads of enslaved, Aztec-conquered natives, who hated them to the bone, the Iroquois and the Hurons were never in friendly mood at anytme between themselves,etc...
Oops, the New world looks very much like the Old world!!!, and there was no U.N then....
And Columbus was not a Gandhi kind of person, by the way....
You shuold read some decent History books on this matter and stop watching tear-dropping well-intentioned TV documentaries on "how evil these guys are and how nice people these other ones are..".
2006-07-29 04:13:49 · answer #3 · answered by rtorto 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard to know how he might have felt. But as for question 2, remember that there were hundreds of separate groups in the new world at that time. Some of them were friendly, and some of them were hostile. They were violent and horrible people before Europeans arrived. You can't blame it on white people.
2006-07-29 00:33:00 · answer #4 · answered by Dougnuts38 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"remember me at wounded knee"can not remember author,sorry.is a book that gives the indians version of the "white men"coming to america.very sad.when i read the book i wondered why i hung the american flag. especially the account of the battle of sand creek.actually they liked "columbus"and his account to england did not refer to them as "savages".declaration of independence...all men are created equal(except indians)i was horrified when i read this book
2006-07-29 01:34:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋