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In a room where ostensibly nothing happened, the Annapolis Convention of 1786 quietly set the stage for a monumental shift in American history. In the aftermath of the Revolutionary War,…
When the ink dried on the Declaration of Independence in 1776, it was more than just a symbolic break from British rule; it was the dawn of a new, uncertain…
Document 5 on our path to the Founding of the American Republic was Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense.” But, Document 6 in our list, the Declaration of Independence, was America’s point…
Introduction “Common Sense,” a pamphlet by Thomas Paine published in January 1776, stands as one of the most influential writings in American history. Amidst the tumultuous events of the American…
This is the fourth installment of historical antecedents to the Constitution of the United States. Prior documents were: the Magna Carta, the Mayflower Compact, the English Bill of Rights, and…
This is my third article on the historical antecedents of the United States Constitution. The Magna Carta and the Mayflower Compact have previously been addressed, plus a stop-over into the…
740 BCE – Assyrian Captivity: Several thousand Israelites from Samaria were resettled as captives when the Northern Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire. 586 BCE – Neo-Babylonian…
Stand with me, if you will, on the precipice of history. We continue on a journey from the Magna Carta, sealed in 1215, to the birth of the American Constitution…
Imagine standing on the edge of the known world, about to step into the unknown. You just crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a tiny ship with your home and civilization…
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.”Psalm 107:1. The tradition of our Thanksgiving meal goes back to 1620 when a group of people whose…