I am in AP US history and our teacher gave Howard Zinn’s: A People’s History of the United States chapter 1 to read. I thought it was a really good chapter, but he said find the thesis statement in the chapter and quote it. I know what the thesis is, It is how the europeans screwed over the indians and how people were selfish for their own needs without caring for the nice people. But is there a sentence that is actually a thesis sentence? I mean I found the general idea, but I cant find the thesis statement directly from the chapter. I can give the link if you want to read an insert of it, because I know thesis are usually in the begining.

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zinn/Columbus_PeoplesHx.html

This does not have the whole thing, but it pretty much has the first page.