The product of nine years of research, In God We Don t Trust challenges much of what most of us learned in school about the founding of America and the American Revolution. Bercot s well-documented findings will surprise many people. Here are just a few of the surprising facts the book reveals:
Tobacco saved Jamestown and became the economic basis for many of the Southern states.
Rum distilleries were one of the main industries of Puritan New England.
Puritan New England dominated the slave trafficking industry.
Contrary to what most history books present, the American colonists were the least heavily taxed people in the world.
Sounds like it's largely about the relative and familar humanity (all flesh is weak, corrupt, and sinful) of the colonists/founders and little about God.
Could also be one man's revisionist slant to sell books.
What is your perspective so far, Scott?