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LuvNewcastle

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8. Good question.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 2, 2015, 09:17 AM

Sep 2015

I've found that a lot of people are under the impression that the founders were the pilgrims, or at least they are confused about the timing and the events between Plymouth Rock and the Declaration of Independence. The founders were not the Puritans, they were the children of the Enlightenment. Too many people these days don't know the difference.

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Our kids are being taught that the founders fled England [View all] onecaliberal Sep 2015 OP

In 2007 my daughter was kicked out of a High School History class because she got upset. gordianot Sep 2015 #1

Texas here malokvale77 Sep 2015 #2

Who count as 'the founders' in this case? muriel_volestrangler Sep 2015 #3

Good question. LuvNewcastle Sep 2015 #8

The founders were a lot of things. Some were Puritans Recursion Sep 2015 #11

My daughter was taugh a heap of lies about Thanksgiving gollygee Sep 2015 #4

That's not new leftynyc Sep 2015 #10

Can you elaborate on your point? oberliner Sep 2015 #5

That's what I was taught in Ohio in the 1960s yardwork Sep 2015 #6

Jamestown made it, until another town was chosen as the new Virginia capital muriel_volestrangler Sep 2015 #7

People left for different reasons. yellowcanine Sep 2015 #9