Would like to meet one of the descendants of Jamestown are their any????? > It is a common American-derived fallacy that the Pilgrims left England > because they were being "persecuted". These were the same poeple who > fomented civil war and committed regicide by beheading a king, and imposed > religious laws so strict that people were actually put to death for > working on the Lord's Day...read Andrew Marvell's poetry of the period. > So repressive were the Quakers of Oliver Cromwell, that the British > welcomed back their king with open arms! > Similarly, it has now been established that the story of the Pilgrims > reaching Cape Cod aboard the Mayflower and founding fathers of the United > States of America is pure myth. > The Jamestown colony was actually thriving and commercially viable long > before the Mayflower landed at Plymoth Rock (SeeJamestown: The Buried > Truth, by Dr. William Kelso) > He theorizes that the Mayflower myth was created by the North during the > Civil War, because Northern scholars were unwilling to > admit that the nation owed its birth to Southern roots. Remember, the > victor gets to write the history. Many thanks Jay. You put in a nutshell, what I learned (overall) during several years of taking History in school. Basically ... Grades 5, 6 & 7 - Early North American (all 3 countries) History (also included some South/Central American History) from beginning to end of 1700s. Gr 8 - North American History to the end of 1800s. Gr 9 - British History from the beginnings up to end of 1800s. Toni ~ Ontario ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.1/807 - Release Date: 5/16/2007 6:05 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.1/807 - Release Date: 5/16/2007 6:05 PM