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11. The founders were a lot of things. Some were Puritans

Reply to LuvNewcastle (Reply #8)

Wed Sep 2, 2015, 10:03 AM

Sep 2015

The earliest colonists in Massacusetts fled to avoid religious oppression (but be free to practice it themselves).

But, yeah, 150 years passed between Plymouth and the Declaration, and that gets glossed over way too much. That's the time between us and the civil war.

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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