You got the reading today in class on Columbus from A People's History of the US and HW#1 is to read the chapter and answer the following questions. DUE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14th
1. Write down the five most important things that Zinn says about Columbus and the two most important things about writing history (include pages #s)
2. Compare Columbus' log entries with Las Casas' entries.
3. If communities share common interests, did Columbus and Las Casas belong to the same community? If so, what are their common interests? What were the reasons for Columbus travels to the Caribbean? Las Casas? If not, what interests separated them into different communities? Did Las Casas have more in common with the Arawaks than he did with Columbus?
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