Historical Documents
Unlock the Pursuit of Happiness: The Founders’ Ignored Message
Forget everything the government-run schools taught you about the โpursuit of happiness.โ The Founders had a far more radical understanding – something most history lessons miss or completely ignore. In this episode, we’ll unlock this message in the...
Declaration of Independence: Usurpation is Treason
Although we generally refer to that list of abuses in the Declaration of Independence as โgrievancesโ – thatโs not how they were described in the text. Instead, they were referred to as โusurpations,โ or a theft of power from the people. Sounds familiar, doesnโt...
Tax Battle! Henry vs Hamilton on the Requisition System
In a huge change from the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution eliminated โrequisitions,โ what many saw as a primary reason for the new system of taxation. Rejecting Alexander Hamilton and other Federalists in this debate were Patrick Henry and the...
Articles of Confederation: An Introduction
March 1, 1781 – the Second Continental Congress put into effect the Articles of Confederation as the law of the land, making it the first Constitution for the United States. The Articles have been mostly thrown in the dustbin of history, but doing so skips over...