Why are there so many different interpentations of tje past?

Question

Deal with the past when a little before america was fonded

Answer 1

Everyone had different perspectives. Many people saw what they wanted to see while others wrote down the truth. Many others thought what they were writing down was true, but they were misguided.
Many historians get their information from pictures or writing in languages that are difficult to interpret. Some people might have understood those things differently.
Also, things can be lost or stolen-especially important documents. Historians sometimes won't get the whole story, so they are pushed to make assumptions (sometimes wrong ones) based on what they think they know.
You can't blame any one person, it's just the way it works.

Answer 2

eveyone see the past in a different light therefore are going to have different perspection on it, for some one the past may be a historical event for example rosa parks saying "no" is recognised by coloured as a change in racial conflict, if you get what i mean, people do live on the past because without the past there will be no future

Answer 3

Are you kidding? Because everyone who sees it or repeats it adds and highlights what was most important to them. Even in todays world when there is a car accident , rarely will officers get the same answer from all the witnesses.

Answer 4

History is subjective and depends on your point of view. Take WW II do think a Jewish historian would record events the same as a Nazi historian?

Answer 5

Beacause everyone saw it differently, wrote it down differently, and gave us one big mess to figure out.

Answer 6

the same reason there are so many interpretations of the present. people are subjective and see what they want to see.

Answer 7

Viewpoints.
Bad memories
Agendas
Bad eyes
Bad hearing
Partiality
Bias
Bad written notes
No notes at all