{"id":35242,"date":"2026-02-24T10:11:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260220-132424.jpg"},"modified":"2026-02-24T10:14:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:14:46","slug":"screenshot_20260220-132424","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?attachment_id=35242","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Isker on American History"},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-35242","attachment","type-attachment","status-inherit","hentry","entry"],"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260220-132424.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260220-132424-300x288.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Tweet from Andrew Isker: Easily the most under-appreciated and completely unknown black hole in the historical knowledge of the American public is 1609-1753. Basically the only thing that happened in this time in most people&#039;s minds was: 1. Pilgrims arrived; 2. Some women were accused of being witches; (literally nothing for 100 years); 3. Then the French and Indian War. No recognition of a discrete people building civilization out of nothing for 150 years. America spontaneously emerged ex nihilo in 1776 as an economic zone the entire planet could enjoy if they (temporarily) profess to believe in &quot;freedom.&quot;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Easily the most under-appreciated and completely unknown black hole in the historical knowledge of the American public is 1609-1753.<\/p>\n<p>Basically the only thing that happened in this time in most people&#8217;s minds was:<br \/>\n1. Pilgrims arrived;<br \/>\n2. Some women were accused of being witches; (literally nothing for 100 years);<br \/>\n3. Then the French and Indian War.<\/p>\n<p>No recognition of a discrete people building civilization out of nothing for 150 years.<\/p>\n<p>America spontaneously emerged <i>ex nihilo<\/i> in 1776 as an economic zone the entire planet could enjoy if they (temporarily) profess to believe in &#8220;freedom.&#8221;<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>Easily the most under-appreciated and completely unknown black hole in the historical knowledge of the American public is 1609-1753. Basically the only thing that happened in this time in most people&#8217;s minds was: 1. Pilgrims arrived; 2. Some women were accused of being witches; (literally nothing for 100 years); 3. Then the French and Indian<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?attachment_id=35242\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Andrew Isker on American History&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"Tweet from Andrew Isker: Easily the most under-appreciated and completely unknown black hole in the historical knowledge of the American public is 1609-1753. Basically the only thing that happened in this time in most people's minds was: 1. Pilgrims arrived; 2. Some women were accused of being witches; (literally nothing for 100 years); 3. Then the French and Indian War. No recognition of a discrete people building civilization out of nothing for 150 years. America spontaneously emerged ex nihilo in 1776 as an economic zone the entire planet could enjoy if they (temporarily) profess to believe in \"freedom.\"","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":576,"height":553,"file":"2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260220-132424.jpg","filesize":60547,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"Screenshot_20260220-132424-300x288.jpg","width":300,"height":288,"filesize":20998,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260220-132424-300x288.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"Screenshot_20260220-132424-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"filesize":6525,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260220-132424-150x150.jpg"},"large-thumbnail":{"file":"Screenshot_20260220-132424-576x400.jpg","width":576,"height":400,"filesize":45827,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260220-132424-576x400.jpg"},"gallery":{"file":"Screenshot_20260220-132424-576x375.jpg","width":576,"height":375,"filesize":41456,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260220-132424-576x375.jpg"},"full":{"file":"Screenshot_20260220-132424.jpg","width":576,"height":553,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260220-132424.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":null,"source_url":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260220-132424.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35242"}]}}