This concept was taught in grade school.
Columbus wanted a western route to avoid the entire hassle of the eastern route denizens.
[This concept was taught in grade school.]
That must have been before Social Studies was introduced in the 50s. WILLIAM FEDERER should be made History czar if the Dept. of Education isn’t scrapped when TRUMP wins.
This is the garbage today’s students learn about Columbus.
Under the watch of Superintendent Denise Juneau, students in Montana schools are being taught that Christopher Columbus was an invader, thief, and murderer who sailed the world, not to prove that it was round or to share the good news of Jesus (as Columbus wrote), but ”to secure the tremendous profits that were to be made by reaching the Indies”.
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