Mock Trail

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Mock Trail
Maya
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Rogers 7th grade 2/6/06
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Topics

• Biography
• how I am not guilty of killing all thoughts
  people
• How I was told to do what I had to do
• They attacked me an I defend myself
• How they said I could have any thing I want
• That I did not kill all thought people
• conclusion

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Biography

• My name is Christopher Columbus
• I play Christopher Columbus in the trail
• I am innocent of all crimes
• I did not kill all those Taino people

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I did not kill the people

• My man attacked the native Americans when I
  said no
• How the crew wanted the gold an killed the
  native Americans in till they told
• How my crew realized that it was easy to say it
  was me because they did not want to get in
  trouble
• how the crew destroy the land when they wanted
  the gold

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How I was told to do it

• The king told me after finding the new land to
  get the gold no matter what
• How I was able to do what was need to get the
  gold
• The men knew that we had to do any thing to get
  the gold so when there was gold they turn to
  violence to get
• How the king said if I did not do what I have to
  my head will get cut off and I did not want to
  die but I did not want any one to die

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How they attacked me

• I did kill some native Americans but it was in
  self defense
• The native Americans came at me an I had to
  defend my self or die
• At first I try to say it was not my fault but
  they will not listen so I had to fight back
• That the native Americans cut me on my stomach
  an that told me that I had to tell the men to
  stop ordie

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How I could do what I wanted

• When I got to Hispaniola Taino people said
  this place is our home
• the Taino people said that we could do what we
  wanted
• So we stared looking for gold
• When we found out that there was gold the crew
  went crazy when there was not going to tell us
  where the gold was so they started to kill

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I did not kill them all

• The men killed most of them how could I kill
  over 300 thousand people
• They killed out of rage I killed out of self
  defense
• They destroyed the land because the crew wanted
  the gold so bad
• that I love the people an I will never kill
  those people out of hate

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Conclusion

• I am not guilty of killing people or destroying
  the land.
• It was not me it was my crew after finding there
  was gold they realized they came all this way an
  was not going home with nothing
• So they killed the people in rage, An said it
  will be easy on them and said that I did it.
• I loved the Taino people an I will never hrut
  them.