https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9 Making something seem less significant than it is/ Leaving a fact out completely en-us 2016-10-17 14:59:56 UTC 2016-10-17 21:40:49 UTC hello@padlet.com abaier1 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271284 Zinn left out Christianity as a motivation for Columbus's voyage: "Columbus and the Spanish monarchs were hungry for money and gold."]]> 2016-10-17 18:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271284 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271471 Zinn says that thousands of natives were killed by the Spaniards and Columbus and yet he only mentions them being tortured and outright hunted down and not how the majority of natives were killed by disease or suicide. ]]> 2016-10-17 18:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271471 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271562 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]]> 2016-10-17 18:39:43 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271562 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271568 Zinn left out the first time the Arawaks met Columbus, and the exchange of gifts that was made along with the peace between them, at first.]]> 2016-10-17 18:39:46 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271568 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271575 Zinn down plays what Columbus found ex: " He sailed to several other Caribbean islands, including Hispaniola, an island now divided between two countries, Haiti and the Dominican Republic."]]> 2016-10-17 18:39:46 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271575 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271626 Zinn leaves out everything that was positive about Columbus’s journey, and writes very descriptively about the negative things but is able to make it seem like Columbus’s fault. For example, in many stories, Native Americans died not only because of Columbus’s men, but mostly because of diseases that Europeans brought such as smallpox. ]]> 2016-10-17 18:39:54 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271626 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271648 Zinn left out some parts of the journey of Columbus. “He set out with three ships, hoping to become the first European to reach Asia by sailing across the Atlantic Ocean." This was all Zinn talked about

]]> 2016-10-17 18:39:57 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271648 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271651 Zinn leaves out many positive outcomes due to Columbus's journey. Zinn emphasizes only the negative aspects from his journey. For example, "The aim was clear: slaves and gold." He doesn't mention any part of Columbus wanting to claim land and economically help his country Spain. ]]> 2016-10-17 18:39:57 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271651 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271653 Zinn never mentioned the good things Columbus did on his journey and only talked about the negative things he did.


]]> 2016-10-17 18:39:57 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271653 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271714 Zinn really leaves out everything positive. Zinn never says how he married the daughter of the Portuguese captain, this got him access to important maps. ]]> 2016-10-17 18:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271714 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271721   In the story that Zinn had published, he downplayed the fact that Columbus hosted the first expedition, Columbus led three ships in 33 days, and Columbus had brought many riches, valuable goods, and land to his country

]]> 2016-10-17 18:40:07 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271721 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271741 Zinn completely leaves out the fact that Columbus was attempting to spread Christianity. Not once did Zinn mention this.]]> 2016-10-17 18:40:10 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271741 lfritsch https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271801 In the story of Howard Zinn made sure that every good thing was countered with a big negative comment

]]> 2016-10-17 18:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271801 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271836 Omission 
He completely leaves out the part that they were also doing it in the name of god.]]> 2016-10-17 18:40:25 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271836 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271840    In the text Zinn just downplays that Columbus desired to be one of the first europeans to reach Asia by sailing across the Atlantic Ocean and he did not mention any of the things that Columbus has achieved in his lifetime.

]]> 2016-10-17 18:40:26 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271840 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271906 Zinn left out that Zinn was the first European to step foot on the Americas and he didn't give him much credit for what he had done]]> 2016-10-17 18:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131271906 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131272394 Zinn never said Columbus was a great sailor and instead he said he found land by pure luck. But the truth was Columbus used his map skills that he learned from a young age to find land when lost. Zinn never mentioned that Columbus was good with maps.]]> 2016-10-17 18:41:55 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131272394 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131272553 He didn't downplay Columbus's accomplishments because of the example of

1. “ He set out with three ships, hoping to become the first European to reach Asia by sailing across the Atlantic ocean.”

]]> 2016-10-17 18:42:14 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131272553 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131272864 History Alive says that Columbus went on the voyage to test his idea about how he could sail a shorter route to Asia. The real reason he wanted to sail to Asia is because he wanted gold.]]> 2016-10-17 18:43:07 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131272864 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131272982 Zinn completely leaves our how he gave gifts to the native Americans ,but Zinn leaves it out to show how bad Columbus ]]> 2016-10-17 18:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131272982 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131273035 Zinn writes it as if Columbus went to plunder the island, not claim it for spain.]]> 2016-10-17 18:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131273035 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131273064 Zinn leaves out the fact that Columbus had an amazing talent at navigation and sailing. He also leaves out the fact that it took Columbus 7 years of hard work to convince the King and Queen of Spain to sponsor his expedition. Lastly, he only had a compass and arrow glass to help him lead the expedition.]]> 2016-10-17 18:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131273064 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131273685 The author did not include the fact that Columbus and his crew enslaved the native Americans to get information about the location of valuable goods and to help them sail to the other countries.]]> 2016-10-17 18:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131273685 lfritsch https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131273917 Zinn especially made sure to include the suicides of the natives due to Columbus ]]> 2016-10-17 18:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131273917 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131274068 Zinn left out the fact that many Native Americans died because of small poxs, but instead, Zinn just out the part about how they all died because of Columbus.]]> 2016-10-17 18:45:59 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131274068 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131274192 Zinn left out all the positive outcomes of his journey like how Columbus discovered the New World and how Europe benefited from it. ]]> 2016-10-17 18:46:14 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131274192 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131275752 History Alive leaves out information such as what Columbus wanted in exchange for going on the journey.  This is because what Columbus wanted made him seem really greedy. In addition, Zinn left out information about anything positive in Columbus’s journey. Such as when he gave small gifts to the Native American’s like beaded bracelets or necklaces. He left this out because this made Columbus seem generous and nice, which Zinn doesn’t want. 

]]> 2016-10-17 18:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131275752 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131316995 History Alive leaves out the process about how they spotted land]]> 2016-10-17 21:39:20 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO9/wish/131316995