by Thomas Lee Abshier | Mar 15, 2019 | Founding Fathers, Politics
Researcher and historian who analyzed and wrote about America in the 1830’s, Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859), was a famous French statesman, historian and social philosopher. Beginning in 1831, he and Gustave de Beaumont toured the country of America for the...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Mar 15, 2019 | Founding Fathers, Politics
Joseph Story: life, 1779-1845 U.S. Congressman, 1808-1809 Supreme Court Justice, 1811-1845 Author: Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States Appointed in 1811 as a Justice to the United States Supreme Court by President James Madison (“The Chief...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Mar 15, 2019 | Founding Fathers, Politics
Patrick Henry wrote on the back of The Stamp Act Resolves, passed in the House of Burgesses, May, 1765, a summary of the pivotal events preceding the Revolution. He ends with this admonition: This brought on the war which finally separated the two countries and gave...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Mar 15, 2019 | Founding Fathers, Money
Benjamin Franklin was asked how he could explain the remarkable prosperity of the New England Colonies. Franklin replied: “Why, that is simple! In the Colonies, we issue our own paper money. It’s called ‘Colonial Scrip.’ We issue it to pay the government’s approved...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Mar 15, 2019 | Founding Fathers, Politics
The Faith of Benjamin Franklin: On March 9, 1790, Benjamin Franklin wrote to Ezra Stiles, President of Yale University: Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, the Creator of the Universe. That He governs it by His Providence. That He ought to be worshiped. That the...
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