Columbus The Indians And Human Progress Summary

Journal Entry #1: Howard Zinn Ch.1 In the first chapter titled, “Columbus, The Indians, and Human Progress” I learned about multiple things. Although, I was already informed that Columbus did not actually discover America, I knew quite little about the gruesome acts of violence he had committed including genocide. Throughout my education, Columbus was introduced as the hero who discovered the new world. Along with history books, teachers have also mislead us to believe this. This also showed me that there will always be two sides to a story and unfortunately I was not made aware of the Native American’s side. I was also able to gain a deeper insight into the Native American’s perspective along with Columbus’. One of the things that stood