A few questions for you to answer please Question 2: How are towns to be populated in Columbus’s plan for colonies? Question 3: What cultural purpose of colonization does Columbus highlight here?

Question 4: According to Columbus’s description, what is one of the main purposes of governing the colonies?

Question 5: What do paragraphs 10-12 reveal about Columbus’s priorities (what’s important to him)?

Question 6: How does Columbus propose that a “gold rush” be prevented on the island? Why might a gold rush be bad?