Neither Plymouth Rock in MA, nor Jamestown, in VA................were the 1st British settlements.......this was............in the 1590s..........................
Take the American holiday of Thanksgiving............which now means an NFL double hitter...........turkey, booze,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and a NYC Macy's day parade.............with huge inflatable characters.............Chalie Brown..........Snoopy...........in this bs Mickey mouse stupid country...................
Moreover, the effort to discount the contributions of the Native Americans................and the same has been done to the blacks........and to the orientals............and those from Central Asia........basically, anything not white....................
It was from France that Tom Jefferson..........as our 3rd pres.............more than doubled the USA.....via he LA purchase..........i bet Ben Franklin had been negotiating that since 1776........when he was the 1st ambassador to France...............
Also, the kingdom of Sweden had a stake here..............there are many cities in the South with Spanish names.............many people think it was b/c of Mexico...........primarily b/c of the 1840s Mexican - American war.................no, it was Spain................St. Augustine, Florida was 1st.........there is a Madrid, Tn i think.........Penscaloa, Fl..............all b/c of Spain.........New Orleans......is named after Orleans............a city in France....................
After Columbus' discovery of the Caribbean in 1492.......................Western Europeans fell upon what is now the USA.............and indeed the entire Western hemisphere with a reckless abandon..........1st came the Spaniards, then the French...........then the Dutch........the British were relatively late comers....................this lost colony was set up by English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh.........there is a boat that used to dock in Old Town Alex, Va named after him..........i am talking in the 1980s.............
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