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The Americans In Christopher Columbus's The Mission
The only thing that I knew before reading the chapters and from watching The Mission, was that the Spanish took over America. I didn’t really know much on the subject. I actually learned that the Spanish were cruel people to take over America in the way that they did. They tried to enforce their beliefs and religious background into everyone or else they would suffer the consequences.

If it weren’t for Christopher Columbus “discovering” the Americans, the would would probably be a different place. “Columbus set forth commanding three small ships, and after a long drawn-out journey landed on the coast of a Caribbean island. Thus commenced the Spanish conquest of America” (donquijote.org). It’s crazy to think that if he hadn’t set sail that

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