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I would build a statue of Christopher Columbus in America that shows him towering over the kneeling native people. He has his hand in his fist. Eventually, his achievements led to the eradication of the natives, as he and other voyagers from Europe brought disease to the New World and enslaved the people. It would be placed in a Native American reservation, to honor their history and their ancestors that passed away.

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Aidan De Guzman
Aidan De Guzman
 I would put a statue of Columbus in Spain since that was one of the first locations he came to. Christopher Columbus’s main goal was to find a new water trading route in Asia but instead discovered the Americas accidentally. He was looked upon as a hero for this discovery and became the founder  of the Americas.


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I would put a statue of Columbus in Spain since that was one of the first locations he came to. Christopher Columbus’s main goal was to find a new water trading route in the Indies but instead discovered the Americas accidentally. He was looked upon as a hero for this discovery and became the founder  of the Americas.

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If I would build a statue to commemorate Columbus' efforts in the Americas, I would show him first encountering the Americas. He would look victorious in a tall and and mighty stance. With one  sword pointing to the sky. Behind him, there will be a ship, his crew, and natives. I would want the statue to be placed in Spain to show the impact he had. Taylor C.

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I would build a monument of Christopher Columbus standing up with his fist clenched up in the air, holding a bag of gold. There would be native americans in the background with sorrow expression. This monument would represent his great impact in the Americas, such as the Columbian Exchange. Columbus brought new crops to the Americas. He opened up the “New World’ to exploration. This monument represents his triumphant, after going on a long voyage sent by Isabella and Ferdinand, Columbus finally found a successful region; the Americas. In which he was able to convert the Native Americans to Christianity which was part of his plan and strengthen the economy through their discovery of silver. This is why Columbus would hold a bag of cold, representing how he strengthened Spain’s economy. However, the Native Americans would be in the monument too, with scared faces to show the great violence that he brought to the Americas when he physically tortured them and forced them to do labor.

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If I were to build a monument commemorating Columbus’s arrival to the Americas, I would design a model of the Santa Maria with its sailors attop it and the Natives below it. The ship would appear to be towering over and crushing the Natives. The Natives’ faces would display expressions of sorrow, pain, and fear. Columbus would be at the head of the ship, standing high with his nose turned up and away from the apparent destruction he caused. This serves as a representation of the immense power the Europeans gave themselves and the damage done to both the inhabitants of the land and the land itself. This would be in America.

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I would build a statue to look like him based on the later date paintings of him (no pictures of him are from the time of his life according to The American Pageant). I would probably put a map in his hand since he was the first to spark full European attention to the New World (third paragraph) and I would put his foot on top of a native to represent his poor treatment of them (third through fifth page).

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I would build a monument in the Bahamas because that is where he first landed. He would have a sword on a boat. I would make sure that the museum shows the negatives of Columbus coming. I feel that when you are taught about Columbus it is always such a good thing, but showing the negatives would educate people more and get rid of the sense that he was all good. It would also show positives because there were many positives to his discovery.

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If I were to build a monument to commemorate Columbus’s effort in the Americas, it would be one that represents the oppressive actions that would come as a result of his discovery. It would be composed of a regal-looking Columbus, holding the Spanish flag on one hand, standing on top a pile of dead Native bodies, with visible signs of disease.  It would be located on the island of Hispaniola, as to commemorate his first landing.

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In my opinion, I would build a monument for Columbus, I would build a small ship, sailing the ocean, trying to expand Europe. I would make this because I think Columbus did a lot with the little he had. He was sent on a mission to find a route from Europe to Asia, and happened to stumble on the Americas. He was sent with three small ships, packed with men, and went sailing for weeks on weeks in order to complete the task at hand. I think that the ship will proudly represent how hard Columbus worked to find land, and how difficult it was to sail for that long in that time period. I also believe it was extraordinary what he did with the ship, because sea travel was somewhat new at that time, and to take a risk at doing that deserves praise.

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I would build a monument of Columbus himself discovering the Bahamas. He would be standing in a victorious, joyful stance holding a sword and flag close to the coast of the island Columbus came across after being on the sea for 6 weeks and finally reaching land in 1492.

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If I was tasked with building a monument to commemorate Columbus’s efforts in the Americas, I would build a statue of him depicting his arrival to the Americas in 1492. Columbus’s discovery, although it was a mistake, caused a massive shift in the balance of world power and started a whole new era of colonialism, and later, imperialism. In my opinion, Columbus only deserves credit for setting eyes on the Americas for the first time, and then reporting this back to Spain. When he was in the Americas, he was a ruthless invader and treated the indigenous population with no respect, making them his personal slaves. Consequently, I would build a monument only showing Columbus sailing to the Americas because that is the only somewhat heroic action that he took.

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I would build a monument of Columbus looming over three, kneeling Native Americans with a sword in his left hand and chains to the handcuffs of the natives in the other. He would be wearing a noble-like garb and a confident expression while the expressions of the Native Americans would of fear. One of the Native Americans would be offering Columbus a sack of gold, the second would be providing him Spanish crops, such as maize, and the third would be bowing his head to Columbus.
As he was the captain of his crew and allowed the tortures of the Native Americans to occur, I perceived Columbus as a man with power and therefore decided that he would be standing over the natives in the monument. Columbus’ sword would represent his preparedness in inflicting punishments on the natives, whereas the chains he had to the handcuffs would represent the dominion he had over them. The handcuffs on the natives would represent the fact that they were forced into hard labor, and their fearful expressions would represent the fear they had for their lives during the Spanish colonization. The gold and the crops would represent the hard labor the natives were forced into, and the bowing native would represent the subordination that the Spanish gave his people.

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If I had to make a monument of Christopher Columbus then I would place the monument in Spain and it would be of him standing on a ship acting as a discoverer pointing at the new land, he would be standing at the end of the ship with two or three of his crew members standing behind him one holding a map and the other holding a flag. This monument would be portraying him as a discoverer.

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I would build a statue in Italy that shows him in a very regal pose, complete with a map in one hand and possibly a scaled down form of a ship beside him. In the other hand, I would put a small globe. This emphasizes his role in opening up the Americas to Europe, and being in Italy, it would likely be celebrated as he was Italian. I would not like to put a statue in America because it would be seen as disparaging to the Native Americans, no matter what light the man was put in.

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If I was tasked with building a monument to commemorate Columbus’ efforts in the Americas I would build a monument depicting native mothers running from Spanish slavers because Columbus was the kind of man to not care about the well-being of the native people to the extent of their abilities to mine gold and spin cotton. This would show the side to Columbus that many people choose to turn a blind eye to, and would force those people to confront their own warped versions of reality they choose to live in.

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I would build a statue in Spain that had Columbus as the main point with a gold sword as a monument to commemorate Columbus’ efforts in the Americas. It would represent his domination against Native Americans when he first came across the US. He gained a lot of power by forcing Natives to either be slaves, leave the land that was previously the Natives, or to be killed. This resulted in entire tribes being killed or used for Columbus' own power. He gained a lot of gold and riches that America had to offer and gained land for Spain, which put Spain in the leading power in Europe. He did greatly mistreat Native Americans by putting them through a lot of pain that wasn't okay which clouds the judgement that him finding the Americas was a necessarily good thing though. Even though he did a lot of questionable things, he still gained a lot of power and still to this day is the man praised for "finding" America.

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If I were tasked with building a monument to commemorate Christopher Columbus’ efforts in the Americas, I would build it in the island of the Bahamas. I would build it there because that is where he first arrived in the Western world and where he began his ignorant search for gold and power. The monument would emphasize the great changes that occurred on the island and for the natives on the island. The natives were severely mistreated by Columbus and his men by being treated as less than humans. They experienced forceful conversion to Catholicism or were faced with dismemberment and murder. Also, the diseases the Spanish brought to their home made countless people suffer and die. After enduring such tortures and the complete invasion of their home, many natives of the island committed suicide rather than deal with the treatment of the Spanish. Therefore, the monument would include several different statues of different natives that resided on the island, and show how they gave up what they considered to be riches to the Spanish. Columbus would be among the Spanish men turning away the offerings, but he would have a haughty and scowling face. There would also be a plaque that described the events that took place on the island, such as the year when Columbus arrived to the island (1492) and how his men transformed the lives of the natives through their grotesque actions.

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If I were to build a monument to commemorate Columbus’s efforts, I would create a large slab of marble that illustrated the quote “If you stumble, make it part of a dance” as it reflects the numerous errors Columbus had made. This includes his belief that the land he had stumbled upon was Asia not the Americas and the numerous navigation errors that he had made. These mistakes include calling the Native Americans “Indians.” Despite these mistakes, Columbus was able to set the stage for European dominion over the Americas and was the cause of interaction between the Americas, africa and Europe.

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I would build a structure of Columbus leaving land (The Americas) with sightings of great prosperity that was to come to the Americas shortly after Columbus’s arrival. For example there would be the different crops that flourished in the economy such as tobacco and sugar. There would be objects that display the “advanced” European technology at the time to show how the “land” in itself changed after it was discovered. Along with this, there would be fallen Native American Indians in a way to ensure that what they worked for and had achieved while living without contact to the outside world isn’t forgotten. It is a way to still ensure that the inevitable indirect truth that is that Columbus was partly responsible for their removal by wiping them out and removing them from their homes and land.

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If I were tasked with building a monument to commemorate Columbus, I would create a miniature replica of the Santa Maria out of a long-lasting material like stone or granite. In 1492, Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic with three ships, but out of the three he was on the largest one: the Santa Maria. And after arriving in the Americas, he had a tremendous impact on the American land and peoples, bringing over Europeans and diseases that played a part in the natives’ reduction. I would avoid making a statue of Columbus himself, because that would entail having to decide on a pose for him, and it would be difficult to make Columbus appear as neutral as possible, and not regal or heroic. While some historians view Columbus as heroic, he still had a great negative impact on the Americas by enslaving the natives, implicating the tribute and encomienda systems, and introducing new diseases that killed them.

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If I were to build a monument to commemorate Columbus’ efforts in Spain, I would build a statue of Columbus standing upon a pile of gold with his right foot perched upon the peak of the mound. He would also be looking outwards with his hands on his hips. I would include the gold because Columbus brought wealth to Spain. I would also have him standing with his foot up and his hands on his hips because it displays confidence and demonstrates his dominance over the land he conquered (the Americas). Finally, Columbus is looking outwards because his conquest could also be seen as a discovery, and he is looking upon what he has encountered.

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I would build a large sailors hat because I don’t believe Columbus should be celebrated for all of his actions. His treatment to American Indians was nothing less of horrific and should therefore be learned about - but not celebrated. A sailors hat is more incumbent of Columbus’ contributions to history. Columbus is deserving of commemoration simply because of his naval expeditions and bravery. This monument should be built in Italy as the naval expeditions are most important to Europe, not the Americas. However, his treatment of the indigenous people should not be commemorated, celebrated, or condoned.

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If I was specifically commemorating Columbus’s efforts, then I would definitely not build the monument in the Americas. Doing so would be disrespectful to the millions of Native Americans who lost their lives to the inhuman treatment placed upon them by Columbus and the Spaniards. So inhumane, in fact, that many committed suicide, abandoned/killed their children, and stopped giving birth in general. It would be wrong to build a glorified statue of Columbus on the graves of entire native cultures. Instead, the monument would be constructed in Spain, the country who actually benefited from Columbus’s discovery. In Spain, Columbus can be glorified in his monument because he actually had a positive impact on the country.

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If there was a task to build a monument to commemorate Columbus’ efforts in the Americas, then that monument would probably the model of the Santa Maria. This monument would be built because it would show the new and advanced technology people had in navigation. Next, the monument would be constructed on the island of Haiti to commemorate the first landing of Europeans and how they forever changed the world. Then, it would display Europeans’ willingness to explore the world which was seen in the time of the Renaissance. Also, it would give some credit to Columbus for discovering the islands in the Caribbean such as Haiti. Finally, it would also represent the idea that Columbus changed the entire course of human history when he sailed on that boat, for better or for worse. So, a monument of the Santa Maria would be good in commemorating Columbus as it shows the advance in technology and his somewhat bravery to explore the unknown.

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My monument would be statue of Columbus in Spain with him having a map and a globe in his hand because he is an explorer who helped to find the Americas. Much of what he did was him exploring the world and finding new places and he was the main reason behind the findings of the Americas and he paved the world to how the Americas are right now.

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I would build two small statues in America, one depicting a peaceful looking Columbus and the other one an aggressive looking Columbus. While he was seen as a hero to many, he is recently seen as more of a villain who used oppressive and unethical actions to gain control over the indigenous people.

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I would build a monument of Columbus standing tall with a Spanish flag in one hand and a sword extending outwards in the other hand. He will be on top of a pedestal with a couple of small Native Americans on the ground level below him. This monument will capture how Columbus encountered the Native Americans with a sense of superiority and pride. This monument would be in the West Indies, as it was the first location in which he landed on.

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I would build a statue of Columbus in his hometown of Genoa Italy holding a sword up, leaning forward, showing him leading the way.Columbus had accomplished what he set out to do, making his family and hometown proud of him, deserving of his own statue.

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I would build a statue of Columbus in Spain to commemorate the great glory and riches that he brought Spain through his discovery and conquest of the Americas. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain were the ones who funded Columbus’ expedition, so Spain would be the best place for this monument to be located. The statue would be made out of marble because almost any other material would degrade or rust. Columbus would be standing proud with a sword in his hand.

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If I were tasked with building a monument to commemorate Columbus’ efforts in the Americas, I would construct a statue depicting Columbus building a pyramid, the monument would be located in Italy as that is where he is from. This statue portrays the ideology that Columbus built the foundation of a global power due to the linking the New World to the Old World. Columbus’ efforts augmented the ways in which the Old World operated forever through the introduction of slavery and pillagery, “ Christopher Columbus introduced two phenomena that revolutionized race relations and transformed the modern world: the taking of land, wealth, and labor from indigenous peoples, leading to their near extermination, and the transatlantic slave trade, which created a racial underclass.”. Through the implementation of these two “phenomena”, Spanish economy was further developed in conjunction to the rapid development and advancement of technology and ideologies, pushing Spain to the forefront of global prowess.

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My monument to Columbus would be a statue without a face on the beach in America, standing in front of three ships and pointing forward. The lack of a face symbolizes how nobody really knows who Columbus was, while the ships and the pointing would signify the idea that he was an explorer. The location signifies where he landed.

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I would build a monument in the Americas that does not honor Columbus. If you glanced at one side of the monument, you can observe Columbus standing tall and proud, with many riches. It is representative of what many people view Columbus as, the “person who discovered the Americas”. But if you walked around it, you would see statues of Native Americans crouching behind Columbus, with some of their body parts disfigured and with injuries and battle scars to show the pain and suffering that Columbus and the Spanish inflicted upon them. This symbolizes how many people do not know about the pain he caused them. His actions were despicable and unforgivable. He kidnapped the Native Americans, enslaved them, stole their land and their possessions, and brutally disfigured and slaughtered them. Therefore, I will build a monument that does not honor Columbus.

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In Virginia, I would build a statue of Columbus sticking his sword in the air in a very heroic manner, but also include numerous of smaller Native Americans laying on the ground beneath him in despair and agony or praying to represent the force put on the Native Americans to follow the "Catholic Sovereigns". In addition, Columbus' face would be portrayed as angry and filled with rage in order to reflect on the tyrannical control Columbus took on the Natives and to depict the struggle they faced during this time period. This statue will seem to commemorate Columbus' actions yet degrade his efforts.

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In Spain, I would build a wide tower that reaches up to a hundred feet, and I would place Columbus on the very top of it. Columbus would be around 20 feet tall, and he would be standing on 3 small ships (Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria). One of his hands would be saluting, while his other hand would be pointing to the Bahamas (just like how Muslims always face Mecca). The monument would be constructed like this to demonstrate the means in which Columbus traveled to the America, and he would be pointing towards the Bahamas to signify that he discovered it.

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My monument to Columbus would be a statue of him standing on the front of a ship, pointing forwards (presumably towards the land he hopes to discover), and holding a bag of gold artifacts, some of which are falling out of that bag, and it would be titled “The Dream of an Explorer”. My justification for all of this is basically that it would be a physical representation of Columbus’ goal/dream.