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What should we say about the United States of America? So much has already been said, adding our two cents is a bit redundant or presumptuous, depending on your perspective. Certainly, no one needs us to outline the facts, the major events and figures, or to describe our unique written Constitution and democratic-republican system.

We can offer a bit of perspective. It's nothing new, nothing we came up with on our own, but it is different from a lot of the prevailing notions about both history in general and our nation in particular.

For starters, there's no specific reference to the U.S. in the Bible. The principles found in God's Word that apply to all nations certainly apply to the United States as well, but we aren't a Christian nation, we don't hold a special place in biblical prophecy, and Manifest Destiny is the result of Enlightenment rationalist views about the Progress of Mankind rather than being rooted in any kind of Christian attitude.

That said, many of the first settlers of the New World were dedicated Christians seeking the right to worship God without the constraints of political entanglement or government-imposed strictures and doctrine. The Pilgrims came in 1620, just 13 years after the first successful English settlement at Jamestown, and the Puritan settlers followed soon after.

Their arrivals and colonization didn't make America Christian, of course. It was a broad continent, largely unknown, and the initial colonies weren't strictly bound together at first, as they were later to become. By that time, things had become substantially more secular, so that by the 18th century many Americans were just as degenerate as their European counterparts. Fortunately, men like Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield were around to preach the true Gospel, and to initiate a revival known as the Great Awakening.

Secular forces were still at work, though. While there were definitely many Christians involved, the American Revolution was largely the result of Enlightenment philosophizing, and men were convinced that America could produce a virtuous and stable population if education and participatory government were enforced. So they rebelled against England, and the United States republic was formed.

Ever since, groups and individuals have tried to call Americans back to their Christian roots. That's the wrong strategy: we don't need to call anyone back to anything, we need to point the way forward to the pursuit of Christ and the bringing of His Gospel and glory to every corner of the earth no matter what our country of origin. That America has been so materially blessed simply means we have more options at our disposal for proclaiming and bringing the Word to the rest of the world.

Our study of United States history is consequently Christ-centered. Not because we think America is more Christian than other countries, but because it (like all other nations) is under Christ's control as King of Heaven and Lord of Time. Of course, you shouldn't abandon study of the facts, people and events, but they only attain true meaning when viewed through the lens of Christ's ultimate plan of redemption and self-glorification.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he is a husband and father, teaches adult Sunday school in his Presbyterian congregation, and likes weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur.Read more of his reviews here.
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20th Century in America Lap-Pak
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All Through the Ages
by Christine Miller
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World History Reference for All grades
in World History Reference (Location: HISW-REF)
America First updated
by Lawton B. Evans, Updated & Revised by Rachel Lebowitz
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America from the Beginning - Student Manual
by Joshua Franklin, Debbie Lawrence
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by Tom Dooley
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American Adventures
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American Adventures Part 1
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$6.00 (2 in stock)
American History in Verse
by Burton Stevenson
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$11.00
American Moments
by Robert Burleigh, illustrated by Bruce Strachan
from Henry Holt and Company
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$4.50 (1 in stock)
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from Charles Scribner's Sons
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1953 Newbery Honor Book
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Birthdays of Freedom Book Two
by Genevieve Foster
from Charles Scribner's Sons
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1953 Newbery Honor Book
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Child's First Book of American History
by Earl Schenck Miers, James Daugherty
from Beautiful Feet Books
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$32.95
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by Earl Schenck Miers, James Daugherty
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$42.95
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American History Reference for 4th-8th grade
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$16.99
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$5.50 (3 in stock)
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$2.25 (1 in stock)
For You They Signed
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For You They Signed (old)
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From Sea to Shining Sea for Children
by Peter Marshall, David Manuel & Anna Fishel
from Revell Publishing
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Golden Book History of the United States Volume 11
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Golden Book History of the United States Volume 12
from Golden Press
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Golden Book of America
by Bruce Catton
Seventh Printing from Golden Press
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$6.00 (3 in stock)
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by Joy Hakim
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$9.00 (2 in stock)
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by Joy Hakim
3rd edition from Oxford University
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$9.00 (3 in stock)
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by Larry Troxel
from Audio Memory
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$15.95
History through the Ages: America's History - Timeline Figures
by Amy Pak
from Home School in the Woods
Timeline Figures for 3rd-8th grade
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$32.95
History Uncovered: The U.S.A.
by Kristine Carlson Asselin
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$13.00 (1 in stock)
In God We Trust
by Timothy Crater & Ranelda Hunsicker
from Victor Books
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$12.00 (3 in stock)
Interactive 3-D Maps: American History
by Donald M. Silver, Patricia J. Wynne
from Scholastic Inc.
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$8.00 (2 in stock)
It Happened in America
by Lila Perl
1st edition from Henry Holt and Company
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$9.00 (1 in stock)
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from Barbour Publishing
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$4.50 (1 in stock)
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$12.00 (4 in stock)
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Landmark History of the American People Volume 2
Landmark Giant #21
by Daniel J. Boorstin
from Random House
for 4th-12th grade
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Landmark History of the American People Volume I
by Daniel J. Boorstin, Ruth F. Boorstin
from Avyx, Inc.
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$15.00 (3 in stock)
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My Fellow Americans
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Our Heritage of Freedom
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Pictorial Encyclopedia of American History Volume 11
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Pictorial Encyclopedia of American History Volume 19
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Pictorial Encyclopedia of American History Volume 20
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Pictorial Encyclopedia of American History Volume 21
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Pictorial Encyclopedia of American History Volume 3
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President Has Been Shot!
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Scholastic Encyclopedia of the United States
by Judy Bock & Rachel Kranz
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Scholastic Encyclopedia of the United States at War
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Scholastic Encyclopedia of the United States at War
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Scholastic Encyclopedia of Women in the United States
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Shaping of a Nation: 1000 A.D. to the Present
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Smithsonian American History
by David C. King
from DK Publishing
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$10.00 (1 in stock)
Sounding Forth the Trumpet for Young Readers
by Anna Wilson Fishel, David Manuel, Peter Marshall
from Revell Publishing
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$9.50 (2 in stock)
Story of the U.S.A. Book 1
by Franklin Escher, Jr.
from Educators Publishing Service
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from Educators Publishing Service
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$10.89
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Story of the U.S.A. Book 4 - Teacher's Guide & Answer Key
by Franklin Escher, Jr.
from Educators Publishing Service
for 4th-8th grade
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This Country of Ours
by H. E. Marshall
from Yesterday's Classics
for 4th-8th grade
in History Spines & Surveys (Location: HISRF-SPINE)
$22.95
This Country of Ours (B&W Edition)
by H. E. Marshall
from Living Book Press
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$16.99
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by H. E. Marshall
from Living Book Press
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$29.99
True Stories of Great Men & Women For Young Americans
from W. E. Scull
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
$15.00 (1 in stock)
Tunes That Teach American History
by Ken Sheldon
from Scholastic Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in American History Reference (Location: HISA-REF)
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by Joan D'Amico and Karen Eich Drummond
from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
for 1st-5th grade
in Cooking for Kids (Location: COOK-KID)
$16.00
United States History Atlas
2nd edition from maps.com
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
We Were There, Too!
by Phillip Hoose
1st edition from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
for 4th-6th grade
in American History Reference (Location: HISA-REF)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Writing Trails in American History
by Laurie Barrie
from Logos School
Writing Curriculum for 3rd-5th grade
in Writing Trails (Location: WRI-TRAIL)
$15.00
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