Document 10: Debates at 1787 Constitutional Convention: The ‘Bait and Switch’ that Made a Nation
A Step Back in Time Imagine traveling back to the summer of 1787 in Philadelphia, where significant history was unfolding.…
Document 9: Northwest Ordinance and the Confederation Congress: Expanding a Nation, 1787
Although the Confederation Congress may have had little authority and did very little, it did one thing very well in…
Document 8: Annapolis Convention, 1786 – Quiet Beginnings of a Constitutional Revolution
In a room where ostensibly nothing happened, the Annapolis Convention of 1786 quietly set the stage for a monumental shift…
Document 7: The Articles of Confederation: America’s First Governing Experiment
When the ink dried on the Declaration of Independence in 1776, it was more than just a symbolic break from…
Document 6: A Witness to Revolution: The Declaration of Independence’s Defiant Leap
Document 5 on our path to the Founding of the American Republic was Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense.” But, Document 6…
Document 2: The Mayflower Compact – A Foundation for Religious Freedom and Representative Governance
Imagine standing on the edge of the known world, about to step into the unknown. You just crossed the Atlantic…
Document 2a: The Puritans Journey to America – a story of resilience, hope, and the unyielding pursuit of freedom
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.”Psalm 107:1. The tradition of our Thanksgiving meal…
Money Supply Goes Up and So Does Inflation, Interest & Hardships
With inflation, more money means less money in your pocket to buy the things you need. With increases in federal…
VOTE and BOYCOT – It is that easy to take back your country…. if not too late already
Many feel there is nothing they can do about elections. There is — Vote! Many feel there is nothing they…
De-Dollarisation of the Dollar: The Tectonic Shift in Global Economic Power
Poor, Poor Pitiful George – No one wanted to believe he threw a silver dollar across the Potomac, and now…