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It's almost Thanksgiving, and I'm thinking of Rush Limbaugh – very fondly. Why am I thinking of Rush? I always think about Rush this time of year because he told a story about Thanksgiving – each and every Thanksgiving. A beautiful story. I remember how it came about. He and I were chatting about ideas…

This is the first in a three-part series on the controversial colonial commander John Mason.

Amerigo Vespucci was a 16th century explorer, after whom the American continents are named

Roger Williams The Bloody Tenent of Persecution Article Send to Google Classroom: The Bloody Tenent of Persecution (original title, The Bloody Tenenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience) is a 1644 CE book by the Puritan separatist Roger Williams (l. 1603-1683 CE) which is best known for its arguments supporting the separation of church and state. Williams believed that sincere religious devotion was poisoned by political policy and any governmental influence on religion could only be det...

Winthrop & Williams: Religious Persecution & Freedom in New England Article Send to Google Classroom: X The Puritans who settled New England claimed they came to the New World for religious freedom but, once settled, made it clear that this freedom was for themselves only and dissent would not be tolerated. Although the most famous example of this is Anne Hutchinson (l. 1591-1643 CE) who was banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony for her religious views in 1638 CE, an earlier illustration of t...

Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628-1691 CE) was the largest English settlement in New England and the most influential both in the colonization of the region...