They Didn’t Teach Me This in School
A Hidden Cause for the American Revolution: Desire for More Land
In 1750 a backwoodsman of the American frontier carried his squirrel gun and dirk (a short Scottish dagger) in his saddlebag. Upon his head, he wore a fur cap.
He was dressed in greased leather pants and a homespun shirt and wore moccasins on his feet. The seaboard land…