The Revolutionary Struggle in the US Part 1

The creation of what is known today as the United States of America is steeped in myth and legend. Those who are subject to schooling in the US are taught that the colonization of what would become ‘America’ began as an attempt by everyday Europeans to flee “religious persecution” or a quest to find opportunity. We are also told that these newcomers were welcomed with open arms, at least initially, by the peoples already inhabiting what would come to be known as New England. Decades on, it is said that the “Founding Fathers” shrugged off the oppressive British Crown in order to secure such noble principles as “freedom” and “liberty”. Nothing could be farther from the truth.