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67A Short Review of "Three Peoples One King" by Jim Piecuch
I was first assigned this book as reading material for the very class taught by Professor Piecuch. Amongst several titles we had to read, the assignment was to choose one and write a review of it. American history is not my forte, nor is it my passion, so needless to say I was not terribly thrilled to choose; I looked at a few books but finally decided on this one. I feared that it would be a double-edged sword to review my own professor's novel, but in the end, it was the most interesting.
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73Pampleteering During the American Revolution
Today we take freedom of speech for granted, but during the years leading up to the Revolutionary War the colonists began to feel as though it one was of the few freedoms that they had remaining. “Not only did individuals and groups in towns...
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88Why Did the Puritans Really Leave England For The New World?
Most people see the Puritans as victims of religious persecution that had to flee England in order to be free to live and practice their religion as they chose? But is this the whole truth and were the New England Colonies that they established places of religious tolerance and freedom of thought?
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63PLANESHIFTERS, Critical Mass: Book II, Chapter 7: Cheops
PLANESHIFTERS, Critical Mass: Book II by Gunnar C. Garisson, Chapter 7: Cheops (Contains links to purchase page and free preview for Book 1: Critical Mass)
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69A Case For Religion In The Founding of America - Part 1
A look at the relationship between Religion, the founding of America and it's impact on the Founding Fathers
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76William Horton : Jekyll Island's First Colonist
William Horton was James Oglethorpe's right hand man during the construction of Ft. Frederica and the conflict with the Spaniards over the "Debatable Land, as the area between St. Augustine and Charleston was called. Only 27 years of age, his contributions were very important to the new colony, as was his courage. This article is meant to call more attention to this brave colonist.
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70Mystery of the Lost Colony
The mystery of the “Lost Colony” dates back to when 118 European men, women and children settled on Roanoke Island off the coast of the outer Banks in North Carolina in 1588. An earlier attempt in 1585 by Sir Walter Raleigh failed. The village...
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63The 'Towne of Henricus' Part I
In order to tell the story of Henrico, Virginia, the writer almost always has to tell the story of the first permanent English settlement in the New World. The tale begins in the year 1606. The English had just made a peace treaty with the Spanish...
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60Tea Party, What they don't know about their roots.
The following are random facts the teabaggers have no idea about. They are just being used by the corporate scum as stooges to push the rich mans agenda. The Boston Tea Party was about a CORPORATE TAX CUT, not an increase in taxes. The...
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61At Least Get the Real Meaning of the Boston Tea Party Correct
Let’s get one thing straight, once and for all you tea partiers—the Americans did not seek independence from paying taxes; they sought independence from having no say as to how those taxes were being...
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