Zinn Chapter 4: Tyranny is Tyranny Main ideas: • By 1760‚ the American colonies had undergone 18 different types of rebellions all aimed at overthrowing colonial governments. By the 1760’s the colonies had birthed capable and educated leaders‚ leaders that would direct the rebellious energy coming from the colonists towards the British. • After the French and Indian war was over‚ the English were more in need of the monetary value that colonies provided‚ and the colonies were less in need of
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Howard Zinn: A People’s History of the United States In the first chapter of A Peoples History of the United States by Howard Zinn‚ the main focus is on the Indians‚ Christopher Columbus and the human progress and the author’s way of presenting factual information. Christopher Columbus is introduced as the famous navigator and explorer of the “New World”. We were taught in school that he discovered America and that was just enough for our tiny brains to like him because America is built on freedom
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The Late Howard Zinn is a very respectable historian. He is very bold and is willing to state things that cause quite a bit of controversy. Throughout one’s youth we go on learning history in anecdotes and learning important facts such as dates and memorization of legal documents; however Zinn takes a very crucial look at small events and also takes note of who the founding fathers were and what they really wanted. Howard Zinn believed that the true reason for the civil war was truly for wealth
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The practice of slavery was more common in the southern states in America. Slavery first started in 1619 in Jamestown‚ Virginia. One of the main reasons for so much slavery down south was because of the large plantations. It was cheaper to buy‚ house‚ clothe‚ and feed slaves then it would be to hire day workers and pay them a wage. The practice of slavery spread quickly from town to town and state to state until generations of slaves quickly became the norm. When it comes to slave auctions‚ Day
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Kabot-Zinn clarifies that it is only required to pay attention and see things as they are in order to activate awareness‚ it does not require alteration. An attitude that can determine if awareness is activated is non-striving. When we just simply observe our thinking process and sensations rather than criticizing ourselves‚ we are allowing these things that we experience to be here in the present moment with us. Criticisms would only stimulate more negative thoughts and emotions. Moreover‚ our minds
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Howard Zinn and Paul Johnson Howard Zinn‚ born August 24‚ 1922‚ grew up in the slums of New York City. He recalls moving around a lot as his father ran candy stores during the Depression. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and became a pipe fitter in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It was here that he met his wife‚ Roslyn Shechter. Zinn was a revolutionary and an activist. He spent his early life organizing labor rallies and participating in marches for civil rights. In 1943‚ Zinn joined
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2010 Paul Johnson and Howard Zinn are both famous historians whom are great and entertaining writers. Beside the facts that they see the beginning of America with different views. Howard is extremely honest about his radical bias while Paul Johnson believed that the world was well managed by a few superb individuals. Here are some of their points of views. Howard Zinn covers early Native American civilization in North America and the Bahamas‚ the genocide and slavery committed by the crew of Christopher
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Tarek Taji - 41040 POL 201 – sec.2 Introduction to Political Science Feb 18th /2013 Summary of Rousseau’s Book “On the Social Contract” book 1. “Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.” Rousseau’s words that says much about the concept of the Social Contract and other main concepts in life. Here‚ he is trying to raise a question if the “governing authorities” whether support the freedom of people or are they the “chains” over people’s
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being sold into slavery at the age of eight‚ losing track of time‚ getting smuggled into the United States at the age of ten‚ getting freed by the age of thirteen‚ learning English at the age of thirteen‚ and having to live with the internal and external scars of slavery. This was the life of Shyima Hall. Her book Hidden Girl was the story of her bondage‚ escape‚ and life after the terror. I couldn’t imagine any of this‚ but this was and still is a common event in Egypt. Slavery is a terrible concept
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Columbus has always been portrayed as an enlightened‚ peaceful explorer who “discovered” a new world‚ and became friends with the native people. Howard Zinn’s view on Columbus’s encounter with the natives is an entirely different perspective. Zinn describes Columbus as a man who is willing to torture and kill others to be able to accomplish what he wants; in this case he wanted to obtain gold and other resources to take back with him to Spain. When Columbus and his men arrived to the islands‚ he
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