Give Me 15-Hundred

I really find myself asking, "what do I know about American history" following the last post.

If you had 15-hundred words, how would you encapsulate the American experience? I don't think I've a limit on the number of words in the comments section, though I've tried to double-check this. If you run up against a wall, let me know in comments (after you save your reply) and I'll give you an e-mail address for you to send your comment for publication.

Sure, any comments you make with be "Eurocentric." Get over it. Pre-Columbian estimates of population run anywhere from 30-thousand to 2-point-five million. That's a pretty wide spread.

It might be true that most of the "indigenous" population were on the East and West coasts. 'Course, that's culturally insensitive. (Rilly? Rilly.)

We all went through the process...Northwest History, American History, World History. So, give me fifteen hundred words on your take of the shift from the Old World to the New.

Please.

Even if it's filled with screed. (I'll define screed.)

Blue Book time.