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The adoption of firearms by Native Americans between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries marked a turning point in the history of North America's indigenous peoples--a cultural earthquake so profound, says David Silverman, that its impact has yet to be adequately measured. Thundersticks reframes our understanding of Native Americans' historical relationship with guns, arguing against the notion that Indians prized these weapons more for the pyrotechnic terror they inspired than their efficiency as tools of war. Native Americans fully recognized the potential of firearms to assist them in their struggles against colonial forces, and mostly against one another. The smoothbore, flintlock musket was Indians' stock firearm, and its destructive potential transformed their lives. For the deer hunters east of the Mississippi, the gun evolved into an essential hunting tool. Most importantly, well-armed tribes were able to capture and enslave their neighbors, plunder wealth, and conquer territory. Arms races erupted across North America, intensifying intertribal rivalries and solidifying the importance of firearms in Indian politics and culture. Though Native Americans grew dependent on guns manufactured in Europe and the United States, their dependence never prevented them from rising up against Euro-American power. Tribes such as the Seminoles, Blackfeet, and Lakotas remained formidably armed right up to the time of their subjugation. Far from being a Trojan horse for colonialism, firearms empowered Native Americans to pursue their interests and defend their political and economic autonomy over two centuries.--

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1: Getting Ready to File -- Chapter 1: Understanding the U.S. Tax System -- Figuring Out the U. S. Tax System -- You can reduce your taxes -- Beyond April 15: What you don't know can cost you -- Understanding Your Income Tax Rates -- Adding up your total taxes -- Following your marginal income tax rate -- Noting the Forever Changing Tax Laws -- The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 -- The SECURE ACT of 2019 -- Possible upcoming changes -- Chapter 2: Tax Return Preparation Options and Tools -- Going it Alone: Preparing Your Own Return -- Taking Advantage of IRS Publications -- Perusing Tax-Preparation and Advice Guides -- Using Software -- Accessing Internet Tax Resources -- Internal Revenue Service -- Research -- Tax preparation sites -- Hiring Help -- Deciding whether you really need a preparer -- Unenrolled preparers -- Enrolled agents (EAs) -- Certified public accountants (CPAs) -- Tax attorneys -- Finding Tax Preparers and Advisors -- Chapter 3: Getting and Staying Organized -- Maintaining the Burden of Proof -- Keeping Good Records -- Ensuring a complete and accurate tax return -- Setting up a record-keeping system -- Tracking tax information on your computer -- Deciding when to stash and when to trash -- Reconstructing Missing Tax Records -- Property received by inheritance or gift -- Securities received by inheritance or gift -- Improvements to a residence -- Casualty losses -- Business records -- Using duplicate account statements -- Understanding the Cohan Rule -- Chapter 4: What Kind of Taxpayer Are You -- What Rendition of 1040 Shall We Play -- Form 1040 -- Form 1040-SR -- Form 1040-NR -- Choosing a Filing Status -- Single.

Cover -- Anglicizing America -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- PART I. ANGLICIZATION -- Chapter 1. England and Colonial America: A Novel Theory of the American Revolution -- Chapter 2. A Synthesis Useful and Compelling: Anglicization and the Achievement of John M. Murrin -- PART II. EMPIRE -- Chapter 3. "In Great Slavery and Bondage": White Labor and the Development of Plantation Slavery in British America -- Chapter 4. Anglicizing the League: The Writing of Cadwallader Colden's History of the Five Indian Nations