The widely accepted story of the founding of America is that the Mayflower delivered the first settlers from Plymouth to the new world in 1620. Yet thirteen years earlier, in 1607, the Jamestown settlers became the first English-speaking outpost to survive. And it is from this date that the USA is celebrating its 400th anniversary. "The Secret Founding of America" introduces these two groups of founders - the Planting Fathers, who established the earliest settlements along essentially Christian lines, and the Founding Fathers, who unified the colonies with the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution - and argues that the new nation, conceived in liberty, was the freemason's first step towards a new world order. Drawing on original findings and an in-depth understanding of the political and philosophical realities of the time, historian Nicholas Hagger charts the connections between Gosnold and Smith, Templars and Jacobites, and secret societies and libertarian ideals.
He also explains how the influence of German Illuminati worked on the constructors of the new republic, and shows the hand of Freemasonry at work at every turning point in America's history, from Civil War to today's global struggles for democracy.
- ISBN10 1842931180
- ISBN13 9781842931189
- Publish Date 26 April 2007 (first published 1 January 1999)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 20 December 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Watkins Publishing
- Pages 320
- Language English