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Colonial America: Jamestown vs. Plymouth | 5-Minute Videos | PragerU

One was founded on profit. The other on faith. Jamestown and Plymouth shaped two powerful forces in American life: commerce and religion. Thomas Kidd, author of American History Volumes 1 and 2, tells the story of the colonies that helped set the stage for the nation to come. Donate to PragerU: https://l.prageru.com/4jiAT85 Follow PragerU: Instagram […]

Road to Liberty: William Hooper | The White House Founders Museum | PragerU

William Hooper, born in June 1742 in Boston, Massachusetts, was a reluctant revolutionary. Raised by devoutly religious parents, his upbringing often placed him at odds with the growing revolutionary sentiment. After attending Boston Latin School, Hooper graduated from Harvard in 1760. Though initially steered toward the clergy, he chose to pursue law. He later moved […]

Road to Liberty: Battles of Lexington and Concord | The White House Founders Museum | PragerU

After years of intensifying hostilities between the British monarchy and the colonists, the prospect of war became inevitable. With Paul Revere’s fearless warnings that the British were marching to Concord to seize American arms, the local Minutemen–the armed militias formed in small towns to defend colonists’ lives and properties–prepared to defend homes and ammunition stocks. […]