Don't Know Much About HistoryHarper Collins, 13 Okt 2009 - 752 halaman Who really discovered America? What was "the shot heard 'round the world"? Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: Did he or didn't he? From the arrival of Columbus through the bizarre election of 2000 and beyond, Davis carries readers on a rollicking ride through more than 500 years of American history. In this updated edition of the classic anti-textbook, he debunks, recounts, and serves up the real story behind the myths and fallacies of American history. |
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... going—where it literally kept the settlers alive. In other words, there is nothing new about powerful tobacco lobbies. They have influenced government practically since the first European settlers arrived. Still believing that he had ...
... going—where it literally kept the settlers alive. In other words, there is nothing new about powerful tobacco lobbies. They have influenced government practically since the first European settlers arrived. Still believing that he had ...
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... going the other way back in 1509, but the voyage failed when his crew mutinied. In 1576, Sir Humphrey (or Humfrey) Gilbert first used the phrase “North West passage,” to describe a sea route around North America, and he continued to ...
... going the other way back in 1509, but the voyage failed when his crew mutinied. In 1576, Sir Humphrey (or Humfrey) Gilbert first used the phrase “North West passage,” to describe a sea route around North America, and he continued to ...
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... in Jamestown, and in that year a shipload of “ninety maidens” arrived to be presented as wives to the settlers. The going price for one of the brides: 120 pounds of tobacco as payment for her 28 DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY.
... in Jamestown, and in that year a shipload of “ninety maidens” arrived to be presented as wives to the settlers. The going price for one of the brides: 120 pounds of tobacco as payment for her 28 DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY.
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... going. But the colonists had too much on their side: superior numbers—including 500 Mohican gunmen, blood rivals of the Wampanoag—and devastating battle tactics, including a return to the wholesale massacre of noncombatants. King Philip ...
... going. But the colonists had too much on their side: superior numbers—including 500 Mohican gunmen, blood rivals of the Wampanoag—and devastating battle tactics, including a return to the wholesale massacre of noncombatants. King Philip ...
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... going to church in the larger town of nearby Salem, a prosperous trading town. Several years of haggling over ministers followed until Samuel Parris, a former merchant and Harvard dropout, was called and arrived in Salem Village in 1689 ...
... going to church in the larger town of nearby Salem, a prosperous trading town. Several years of haggling over ministers followed until Samuel Parris, a former merchant and Harvard dropout, was called and arrived in Salem Village in 1689 ...
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