The 1676 Project addresses the biggest failure of America’s “Boomers.” They failed to teach their children and grandchildren to understand and love the America they were blessed to grow up in.
Their schools taught a dishonest and distorted “1619” narrative. Their pop culture reinforced it. As a result, the last three generations of Americans grew up believing that America’s wealth, strength, and success came from conquest, slavery, and exploitation.
The 1676 Project refutes this with true stories and facts once known by every American—until they were systematically removed from our schools and pop culture since the 1930s.
The 1676 Project describes the Native Americans who migrated from Asia, and the brutal wars they often fought against each other. It explains the Muslim conquests that pushed Italian merchant sailors into the Atlantic Ocean and towards America.
Above Image: “George Fox Preaching in a Tavern in England in 1650.” Watercolor by Edward Henry Wehnert (1865). Public Domain.
The 1676 Project tells the remarkable story of George Fox. During the turmoil and violence of the English Civil Wars, this 23-year-old preached a new and radical Christian doctrine of peace, equality, and simplicity. Within a few years, Fox had more than 50,000 followers. They were often persecuted and jailed. Their detractors called them “Quakers.”
In 1676, those Quakers seized an opportunity to buy half of the failing British colony of New Jersey. There, they created their own “commonwealth” to put their vision for a better world into practice.
Their fundamental belief was the Christian Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Their governments were limited, frugal, and required almost no taxes. Yet people and their property were safe, children were educated, and disputes were quickly and peacefully settled.
Young immigrants and others with nothing had “boundless opportunities” to enjoy comfortable, middle-class lives by their mid-twenties. Native Americans and women were respected and treated as equals. Slavery was quickly recognized as evil and abolished. Freed Blacks also succeeded there.
The 1676 Project presents the basic facts needed to understand and teach why and how America became a great and exceptional nation. It also contains a detailed, comprehensive list of sources to encourage fact-checking and further research.
