https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2 Mentioning facts in general terms without providing detail/ Choosing words to dramatize or emphasize a fact en-us 2016-10-17 11:42:54 UTC 2025-11-09 09:59:37 UTC hello@padlet.com abaier1 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131580602 Zinn exaggerated Columbus and his men searching the islands: "Columbus had his men raid the island in gangs to kidnap hundreds of women and children as slaves."]]> 2016-10-18 17:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131580602 ckehoe2 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131580856 Zinn states that,” by 1550, only five hundred Indians remained, a century later no Arawaks were left on the island.” Although some of this might be true not all Indians died from the mass murder and killing. A lot of Indians died from what disease the Spaniards brought over. This disease is known as smallpox. This disease killed a better half of the Indians. Which Zinn chooses to leave out  ]]> 2016-10-18 17:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131580856 ntaylor20 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131581016 2016-10-18 17:55:43 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131581016 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131581128 Zinn, mention that all he want to do when he arrive was to capture slaves and money.]]> 2016-10-18 17:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131581128 kscro1 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131581191 Zinn over exagerates when he states,“The sailors had roamed the island in gangs looking for gold, taking women and children as slaves.” because it is super specific when they probably didn't roam the island in gangs or just take children and women.

]]> 2016-10-18 17:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131581191 mamosflom https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131581311 zinn is vague because Columbus promises won him seventeen ships and 1,200 crew members  ]]> 2016-10-18 17:56:23 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131581311 ckehoe2 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131581463 Zinn is not telling the full truth when it states,” So they ran away, The Spaniards hunted them down with dogs and killed them. When they took prisoners, they hanged them or burned them to death”]]> 2016-10-18 17:56:44 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131581463 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131581674 Zinn writes, “Columbus knew the world was round. This meant that he could sail west from Europe to reach the east.” This is vague because he leaves out the fact that Columbus figured out that there was a short route from Spain to the Indies.]]> 2016-10-18 17:57:12 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131581674 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131582078 Zinn mentioned that almost half of the Natives died by suicide and murder, and were tortured to death]]> 2016-10-18 17:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131582078 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131582219 Zinn says, “As soon as he arrived in the islands, he seized some Arawaks by force so that he could get information from them.” This is an example of exaggeration because he uses words such as “seized” and “by force” to exaggerate the fact.]]> 2016-10-18 17:58:19 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131582219 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131582302 Zinn says that columbus was hungry for gold it makes him sound like a monster.]]> 2016-10-18 17:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131582302 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131582484 ¨The sailors roamed the island in gangs looking for gold taking children and women.¨

]]> 2016-10-18 17:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131582484 mappelgren https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131582656 Zinn isn't telling the truth about how the Spaniards treated the arwarks nicely at all. He killed them too. 

]]> 2016-10-18 17:59:07 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131582656 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131583588 2016-10-18 18:01:00 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131583588 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131583730 In the article Zinn wrote he states that Columbus wrote to the king and queen "as much gold as they need and as many slaves as they ask".]]> 2016-10-18 18:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE2/wish/131583730