Chapter 14:


What was upsetting to read about in Chapter 14 was the way the Columbus came in and demanded the land from the Native Americans. To me it was weird to look back and think about when I was first learning about Columbus and how much praise they gave him. How he discovered America and sailed far from home to start a new life that we have today. 
But reading about it now, is completely different. 
Ex:
1.pre-Columbian Western Hemisphere had a population of perhaps 60 million–80 million
 -90% of the Native Americans Died
-they only did it for "God, Gold, and Glory"
-They were basically successful because their weapons could out beat the Native Americans spears any day.
2.  no immunity to Old World diseases
-Diseases especially gave them a greater advantage of take over


As I see it and read it, I've learned that Columbus is nothing more of a big bully that took whatever he wanted whenever he wanted.




The only good thing that I can really take in from this chapter is that without his discovery, our land wouldn't be here. But it definitely could of been shared with the Native Americans and handled in a completely different way. Instead of completely control, there could of been a better and maybe even smarter way to compromise and share the land for all.