those decades would matter since so many indigenous civilizations were in civil wars that prevented them from resisting. I don't think the spanish invaders could have beat the inca otherwise.
Columbus was pretty awful even for an European, even other Europeans were surprised by his cruelty which is wh the Spanish removed him from power, arrested him and kicked him out of the Americas. Queen Isabella I, while being a racist and a monarch, did grant most natives citizenship and freedom.
Yeah he's awful compared to a typical european, but is he awful compared to the other conquistador types like Cortez or Pizarro? Anyone who leads a mercenary army is going to be an asshole.
I feel like taking out Columbus just delays the inevitable by a few decades, and whoever comes after will be just as genocidal.
those decades would matter since so many indigenous civilizations were in civil wars that prevented them from resisting. I don't think the spanish invaders could have beat the inca otherwise.
Columbus was pretty awful even for an European, even other Europeans were surprised by his cruelty which is wh the Spanish removed him from power, arrested him and kicked him out of the Americas. Queen Isabella I, while being a racist and a monarch, did grant most natives citizenship and freedom.
Yeah he's awful compared to a typical european, but is he awful compared to the other conquistador types like Cortez or Pizarro? Anyone who leads a mercenary army is going to be an asshole.