Innocent or Guilty While there are many stories about Christopher Columbus and how he founded America and sailed across the seas‚ there are also many unhidden truths and lies that Columbus did and told. These untruthful lies that Columbus told led to other groups of people taking fault for his actions that he did and committed. One of those groups of people that took a lot of blame was Columbus’s men. Columbus’s men traveled with Columbus wherever he went. They helped
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form unification to break their alliance from Britain. In chapter 4 of Tyranny is Tyranny‚ he states‚ “In North Carolina‚ a “regulator Movement” of white farmers was organized against wealthy and corrupt officials in the period from 1766 to 1771” (Zinn). These group of people were oppressed by the rich. The “Regulators” resented the tax system making adjustments to new laws that were in favor for them. This is significant because this is where the beginning of
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colonize the New World with the same motives: riches‚ power‚ and more land. The ways they accomplished these goals differed though. The Spaniards initial and primary reason for travelling to the New World was for the discovery of gold and for power (Zinn‚ 2005). In addition to looking for gold and power‚ the Spaniards came looking for new land to claim (Locke et al‚ n.d.). The Spaniards came looking to conquer the new land for their profitable gain. Much of this conquering was very brutal and to the
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colonization of the “New World” was one of the most significant and influential events in the known history of mankind. It has shaped our present by changing the course of our past and is a time of such great significance that it would be all but impossible to understand today without at least some comprehension of the why ’s of yesterday. What was it that drove such a myriad of people to risk so much to tame the wild and vast lands we now know as and call the Americas. What were the reasons‚ motivations
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Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt began his presidency in 1901‚ and by the time he left in 1908‚ he had imprinted a significant mark in American history. Theodore‚ also known as Teddy and T.R.‚ helped nurture a still young country into the magnificent nation it has become today. An incredible amount of work had to be completed before this transformation of a nation could be accomplished. T.R. devoted every minute of his presidency to prepare America for the turn of the century. America was indefinitely
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admired for great or brave acts or fine qualities. In Zinn’s “Unsung Heroes” he enumerates false heroes that are often found among former US presidents and military people. Zinn reminds us of the crimes each of them has committed. He suggests that the undue idols be taken off their pedestal and be replaced by real heroes. Zinn is supporting all of the “unremembered” heroes in the United States and in the world for that matter. We focus on national idols such as Abraham Lincoln‚ Andrew Jackson‚ and
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responsibility; to your readers‚ your topic‚ other writers‚ and to yourself. Howard Zinn achieved these task’s by first‚ defining his target view of history. Howard did not want to tell the story of Columbus‚ in the same tainted overview that is most known to the multitudes. He desired to gaze at it from all directions‚ and determine the accuracy behind Columbus’s story and how it should be perceived. Howard Zinn was a historian‚ who incidentally‚ had little knowledge of Columbus and his story.
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The Problem is Civil Obedience (Howard Zinn) The world has been through drastic changes overtime. In Zinn’s article‚ he discusses how people obey the law. Civil disobedience is the active‚ professed refusal to obey certain laws‚ demands‚ or commands of a government‚ or of an occupying international power‚ as a form of peaceful protest. He states that the problem is not civil disobedience‚ but it is civil obedience.1 Zinn includes how not only is this happening today‚ but civil obedience has been
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Indian Removal (Zinn Chapter 7) Once the white men decided that they wanted lands belonging to the Native Americans (Indians)‚ the United States Government did everything in its power to help the white men acquire Indian land. The US Government did everything from turning a blind eye to passing legislature requiring the Indians to give up their land (see Indian Removal Bill of 1828). Aided by his bias against the Indians‚ General Jackson set the Indian removal into effect
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Native Americans generally were treated as members of foreign nations. According to Zinn white europeans thought "the progress of civilization and improvement‚ the triumph of industry and art‚ by which these regions have been reclaimed‚ and over which freedom‚ religion‚ and science are extending their sway." and that those thoughts of theres were “all the necessary grounds for burning villages and uprooting natives”(Zinn) Meaning these people who lived on america first were ran out of their homes and
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