 You don't need a PhD in American history to recognize that, well, beginning with Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus came and discovered the Americas in an effort to fund a new crusade so devout a Christian was he. Then, let's fast forward a little bit to 1620. The pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony and were some of the very first Americans, and in the American self-understanding, really are the people who planted the seeds for what would become the United States of America. The pilgrims were...