The Freemason and supposed Illuminati influence formed in lock step with the founding of the country so I take it that it was the 'secret' European influence that directed the process of Manifest Destiny. And it was the way they went about bulldozing across the continent that would lend some credence to your idea that the founding fathers 'did not have a clue'. When you think about it that kind of behavior carried out to this very day as America has military bases in most countries, only it took much more 'finesse' with public acceptance being a major concern as things became more contemporary (propaganda). It's that left brained manifestation of wanting to dominate is a wisdomless kind of way.

The town I grew up in was founded in 1649 and luckily we had some teachers in school who took a lot of interest in the local history, so they worked it into the curriculum. We had a war fought in part there too...

"Philip was ultimately killed by one of these teams when he was tracked down by colony-allied Native Americans led by Captain Benjamin Church and Captain Josiah Standish of the Plymouth Colony militia at Mt. Hope, Rhode Island. Philip was shot and killed by an Indian named John Alderman on August 12, 1676. Philip was beheaded, then drawn and quartered (a traditional treatment of criminals in this era). His head was displayed in Plymouth for twenty years. The war was nearly over except for a few attacks in Maine that lasted until 1677."

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

It's not uncommon to walk through the wilderness here and still find relics left by Native Americans, arrow heads and things like that.


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