From CGI member oldmaninthedesert...

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I love books that allow you to add depth to understanding any certain subject.John Hancock is remembered by most it seems for his signature. Mr Sora here adds great insight into Hancock,that they omit in the official narrative,same with Samuel Adams. Adams more famous for his beer these days,was a master of propaganda, directed at his fellow colonists, and ace provocateur of his time. We would call him a crisis actor these days. He had to be good at something because the beer company failed under his leadership at that time.

I think it is fair to say, that if a country was born in 1776,its shadow also appeared at that time, and has prospered right up to this day. This can be seen in who benefited from the Crime in that time, and who benefits from criminal activity today. Perfect example would be a so called officer of the government taking bribes through his or her personal foundation,and said government is powerless to stop it. Now you tell me who is winning....

https://exploringrealhistory.blogspot.com/2019/01/part-3-secret-societies-of-americas.html

Small snip

PART TWO
The Lodge and the Revolution
FOUR HUNDRED YEARS AFTER the Templar order was outlawed by the papal authority, it was still alive in the form of numerous entities. Despite being fractured by the religious squabbles of Europe, the order still retained many of its goals, which included survival, resistance to the overbearing religious powers of the day, and a conspiratorial brotherhood of self-protection. By the early eighteenth century there were several institutions that could claim direct descent from the original Knights Templar. Among these groups were military orders that could exist in the open and secret societies that survived underground. The secret society of underground Masonry in Scotland was the most authentic remnant Templar group, and it would later call itself the Ancient Lodge.

The underground lodge system had been the refuge of the ex-Templars; for decades it helped many survive and evade arrest. Through the centuries, however, the lodge system became more open, and it gave birth to the more public Freemasonry. The world and the Masonic lodges would then become divided as a result of religion, politics, and economics. No longer would every Mason be welcomed in every lodge.

Europe and Masonry would be torn apart by the revolt against the papacy. The conflicts that had started in Europe found their way over the Atlantic, as did the solutions. The revolt against the Church led to a revolt against the aristocratic system that kept the majority in a peasant caste. This economic revolt gave rise to a middle class in which anyone could participate provided he could find a means. Secret societies and law breaking provided the fastest route to economic prosperity.

Europe was rife with conspiracies great and small. Men conspired to protect themselves from the horrors of the constant wars over religion. They conspired to protect their own industry by keeping competition out. They conspired to break a multitude of trade laws that did little to foster trade and much to enrich the kings. And everywhere there was conspiracy, there were places for conspirators to meet. The lodge system provided that refuge.