There are two aspects of the whole Colonial/Post Colonial period of American history which most people either pay no attention to or flat know nothing about. Among those who are acquainted with these events, many misunderstand their meaning or discount that meaning, preferring to talk about the years in between which make up the actual revolution. Both of these things I’m about to talk about are vital to any understanding of where we come from and why we seem to be where we are today. Anyone who tells you that events that occurred two hundred plus years ago don’t matter to the present have no real grasp of history. …