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Zinn exaggerated that Columbus was just hungry for gold and power for himself.

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When Columbus landed in America Zinn focused on the fact that he stole credit from Rodrigo for finding land before him which makes Columbus look bad. History Alive went more into detail about where he landed because they wanted him to look better

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Zinn exaggerated how much power and money he wanted  for himself

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Exaggeration:Zinn said that the king and queen gambled on Columbus in his voyage.

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Zinn stated, “The sailors had roamed the island in gangs looking for gold, taking women and children as slaves, until the Indians had killed them in a battle.” This is an exaggeration because words such as "gangs, women and children, and slaves" make it seem like Columbus was worse than he actually was.

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Exaggeration: Howard Zinn said that Columbus had a need for money and didn't want anything but power.

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Exaggeration: At one part, Zinn says how the Spaniards chased down the Native Americans through gangs and dogs.

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Zinn exaggerated. He uses words to make something stretched out and exaggerated. For example, “As soon as he arrived in the islands he seized some Arawaks by force so that he could get information out of them.” Exaggeration from Zinn:  "As soon as he arrived on the islands, he seized some Arawaks by force so he could get information from them."Zinn exaggerated- He stated, "“The sailors had roamed the island in gangs looking for gold, taking women and children as slaves, until the Indians had killed them in battle." This is an example of exaggeration because Zinn uses words like gangs,

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Zinn exaggerated many facts about Columbus including how greedy he was and how many people he had killed even though sickness killed more than he did. He forgot a bunch of good things about Columbus.

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Exaggeration: Zinn exaggerated his words when he talked about Columbus. For example, "They were hungry for money.".

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Vague: Zinn was too general about how about how Columbus lead three ships through 33 days partly without food. That is a good thing, and Zinn made it too vague.

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Zinn exaggerated- He stated, "“The sailors had roamed the island in gangs looking for gold, taking women and children as slaves, until the Indians had killed them in battle." This is an example of exaggeration because Zinn uses words like gangs, roamed, and slaves. These words are normally related to a negative topic, not positive.

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Zinn exaggerated the fact that Columbus started out by taking some natives captive when he just met them and saw the gold they had.

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When Zinn was talking about how his crew members searched for gold, he used the term "gang" meaning the gangs of crew members searched for gold. This made the text sound more dangerous and brutal.

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Zinn said that Columbus was hungry for gold

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Zinn exaggerates how Columbus treated the Native Americans and how he took them as slaves

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He was too vague when he was saying that half of the Arawaks died from suicide or murder but left out completely that they many died of smallpox

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Exaggeration is Howard Zinn:
"As soon as he arrived in the islands, he seized some Arawaks by force so that he could get information from them."

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Exaggeration from Zinn:  "As soon as he arrived on the islands, he seized some Arawaks by force so he could get information from them."

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Zinn exaggerated. He uses words to make something stretched out and exaggerated. For example, “As soon as he arrived in the islands he seized some Arawaks by force so that he could get information out of them.”

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Zin exaggerated how much Columbus wanted gold and how the Spanish intentions were to take Gold and to Enslave people. Zin exaggerated how much Columbus was in it for himself.

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Exaggeration is Howard Zinn:
"As soon as he arrived in the islands, he seized some Arawaks by force so that he could get information from them."

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Exaggeration in Howard Zinn: "Columbus had his men raid the island in gangs to kidnap hundreds of women and children as slaves."