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Originally Posted by Jesus H Christ
yes, but this information is in our lifetime not a few hundred years ago. 
Anyway, I agree with you on how American history has been rewritten and how it tends to downplay a lot of key factors. Like how the French are rarely mentioned in our history when in fact, their role was key on how we became a country. In shot, they trained/armed a bunch of bushwhacking farmers how to become a military force that took on the best military in the world and won. Meaning, the vast majority of Americans don't even know if it were not for France we'd probably be like Canada today.
... or my favorite.
The Civil war
When Richmond fell to Union troops, Robert E. Lee led his army of Northern Virginia in retreat to the West pursued by Grant and the Army of the Potomac. He could have easily turned his army into a guerrilla fighting force and prolonged the war for decades, but he chose the highroad and surrendered for the betterment of the country. In short, he knew he lost and stepped up understanding it will form a more perfect union.
This guy is a true American hero founder and you rarely hear anything positive about him. |
I had a great history teacher in high school that loved facts like that and we were tested, he had a lot of fun teaching the civil war, one of his favorites. He went over the whole battle plan and the aftermath of how the North treated the southern soldiers after the war.
In the early days of US history, our history was re written a lot to keep our young interested in the achievements of our country. When the settlers left England, they didn't want to teach them about Robin Hood and King Arthur. What we were told in school about thanksgiving has a lot of wholes in it too. Wasn't even really celebrated as it is now till Lincoln was in office.
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Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
think about that