The Mayflower blundered into Cape Cod by accident, they weren’t even intending to go there, they were headed to their charter in... Virginia. There was a colonial government, House of Burgesses and everything up and running in Virginia by that time. But, the Plymouth colonists are cited as the forefathers of this nation. I think it’s revisionist history due to the Civil War, myself. Inexplicable otherwise.
I was acquainted with a William Powell, noted historian at UNC, by the way. He was very highly regarded in this state, still is.
The Jamestown William Powell was in the first House of Burgesses- IIRC he was the Burgess from Jamestown itself. Was LtGov for about 6 months.
Yah, I remember reading that the Mayflower was headed for Virginia. And that they actually did stop when they did in order to brew some beer, it being unsafe to drink plain water in that era.
"But, the Plymouth colonists are cited as the forefathers of this nation. I think it’s revisionist history due to the Civil War, myself. Inexplicable otherwise."
That's a lot of it, although New England jealousy of the South's preeminence began many decades before that and in fact helped lead up to the war. Thomas Fleming's "A Disease in the Public Mind" gives a good look at what led up to the war including the need of New England intellectuals to feel like they created the country.
It's a pity that Limbaugh is feeding a new generation that same story about the New England usurpers in his children's books. But then maybe he doesn't know any better.