Introduction
" A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday, does not know what it is today, nor what it is trying to do. We are trying to do a futile thing if we do not know where we came from or what we have been about." Woodrow Wilson
" Whereas it is the duty of all the nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly implore His protection and favor." George Washington
" He who shall introduce into public affairs the principles of Christianity will change the face of the world." Benjamin Franklin
" It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not be religionists, but by Christians, not on religions but on the gospel of Jesus Christ." Patrick Henry
" It is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for our rulers." John Jay, First Supreme Justice of the United States Supreme Court
" The religion which has introduced civil liberty is the religion of Christ and His apostles...to this we owe our free constitutions of government." Noah Webster (he also translated the Bible for the new Americans)
" It is the duty of nations, as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God and to recognize the sublime truth announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord." Abraham Lincoln
" Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed the conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?" Thomas Jefferson
" I hope to God that when I come back here from Castille, that I will find gold in such quantities, that, within three years, the sovereigns will prepare for and undertake the reconquest of the Holy Land." Christopher Columbus Dec. 26, 1492
" For the execution of the journey to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics, or maps, it is simply the fulfillment of what Isaiah had prophesied. At the time I was motivated by the scriptures to go to discover the Indies. I have already petitioned your highness to see that all the profits of this, my enterprise, should be spent on the conquest of Jerusalem." Christopher Columbus in the Book of Prophesies
Conceived in Liberty 1607 - 1763
" In the name of God, amen, having undertaken for the glory of God, and the advancement of the Christian faith." Mayflower Compact, Nov 1st, 1620
" Let every student be plainly instructed and earnestly pressed to consider well the main end of his life and studies is to know God and Jesus Christ which is eternal life and therefore to lay Christ in the bottom as the only foundation of all sound knowledge of learning." One Original Rule and Precept of Harvard
" We submit our persons, lives and estates unto our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and to all those perfect and most absolute laws of His, given us in His Holy Land." Rhode Island Charter 1683
"Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof." " Lev. 25:10." on Liberty Bell
" The Christian religion, in its purity, is the basis and the source of all genuine freedom in government... I am persuaded that no civil government of a republican form can exist and be durable, in which the principles of Christianity have not a controlling influence." James Madison
" I beg it to be remembered by every gentleman in this room that this day I declare with the utmost sincerity that I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with." George Washington
1. Why were the Puritans named thus?
2. What were they seeking in this new world?
3. What part did Pochahontas play in the early settlement?
4. Autumn 1621, we see the first Thanksgiving. Who was thanked and why?
5. In Boston 1639, Harvard College was established, why?
6. In New Haven 1718, Yale College was established, why?
7. Ohio River Valley July 13, 1755, Colonel Washington, at the age of 23, survives a bloody battle. To what or who did he attribute his survival?