Don't Know Much About History [30th Anniversary Edition]: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never LearnedHarperCollins, 2020 M11 3 - 752 pages A New York Times bestseller · More than 1.7 Million Copies Sold! “Reading Davis is like returning to the classroom of the best teacher you ever had!” —People magazine From the arrival of Columbus through the historic election of Barack Obama and beyond, Kenneth C. Davis carries readers on a rollicking ride through more than five hundred years of American history. In this 30th anniversary edition of the classic anti-textbook—which includes a new preface by Davis—he debunks, recounts, and serves up the real story behind the myths and fallacies of American history. |
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... leader who conquered the area's Chibcha Indians. 1539 Hernando De Soto, a veteran of the war against the Inca in Peru, explores Florida. He is authorized to conquer and colonize the region that is now the southeastern United States ...
... leader who conquered the area's Chibcha Indians. 1539 Hernando De Soto, a veteran of the war against the Inca in Peru, explores Florida. He is authorized to conquer and colonize the region that is now the southeastern United States ...
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... leader of the Jamestown colony, was captured by Powhatan's Indians. Powhatan's real name was Wahunsonacock. But he was called Powhatan after his favorite village, which was near present-day Richmond, Virginia. Smith's head was on a ...
... leader of the Jamestown colony, was captured by Powhatan's Indians. Powhatan's real name was Wahunsonacock. But he was called Powhatan after his favorite village, which was near present-day Richmond, Virginia. Smith's head was on a ...
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... leader, to tolerate the Puritans. The so-called Catholic colony, ostensibly named for Charles I's Queen Henrietta Maria, but in fact named to honor the Virgin Mary, will have a Protestant majority from the beginning. 1636 Reverend ...
... leader, to tolerate the Puritans. The so-called Catholic colony, ostensibly named for Charles I's Queen Henrietta Maria, but in fact named to honor the Virgin Mary, will have a Protestant majority from the beginning. 1636 Reverend ...
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... most famous work, The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution (1644), stated his argument for the separation of church and state. He wrote it as part of a long dispute with John Cotton, the Puritan leader of Massachusetts Bay Colony,
... most famous work, The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution (1644), stated his argument for the separation of church and state. He wrote it as part of a long dispute with John Cotton, the Puritan leader of Massachusetts Bay Colony,
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... leader of Massachusetts Bay Colony, and it explained his belief that the church had to be spiritually pure to prepare corrupt and fallen human beings for eternity, and that governments were for earthly purposes only. From 1654 to 1657 ...
... leader of Massachusetts Bay Colony, and it explained his belief that the church had to be spiritually pure to prepare corrupt and fallen human beings for eternity, and that governments were for earthly purposes only. From 1654 to 1657 ...
Contents
Jane Roe sue Wade? | |
From the Evil Empire to the Axis of Evil | |
Authors Note | |
Acknowledgments | |
Is the Electoral College a Party School? A Presidential Election Primer | |
Index | |
About the Author | |
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