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Zinn downplays how Columbus wanted

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In Zinn's article, Columbus's entire life story and his accomplishments in life. It seems as if Zinn wants to make it look as if Columbus deserved none of the fame he achieved, making him appear to be a bad person.

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A time that Zinn left out a fact was when he left out small pox. He probably did this because he was against Columbus and that could be against the Native Americans.

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Zinn omits that the sailors gave the Native Americans goods such as beads.

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Zinn left out smallpox. Smallpox was a disease that was brought by Columbus and killed many natives.

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Zinn downplayed the part where columbus found someone to pay for the trips. It just said that he found a spanish monarch to fund his trip instead of talking about how he was denied by 3 different countries. If he explained in detail, it would have made Colombus look hard working so Zinn didn't elaborate.

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In Zinn’s article, Zinn leaves out about smallpox, which was a disease that did kill many Arawak people. It was not all of Columbus’s fault, even though Columbus definitely had an affect on the Arawak population. “As soon as he arrived in the islands, he seized some Arawaks by force so he could get information from them.”

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In Zinn's article he omits the fact that Columbus did this for Spain. He strongly stated that Columbus was a greedy man and did anything and everything for the rewards   “Columbus completed these journey just so he could get the reward, not for Spain. "

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History alive downplays most of the events, making big and important things seem like 'no big deal'.:"After a few more months at sea, his sailors let out the cry of 'land." This is the only sentence in which finding america is talked about.

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Zinn said that Columbus was “lucky” to find America. He said that his discovery was not on purpose, and that only luck had brought him fame

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History Alive! completely omits the part about Columbus and his crew killing and/or taking Tieno Arawaks as slaves.

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Zinn omits Christianity as a motivation for Columbus's journey: "Columbus and the Spanish monarchs were hungry for money and gold."