“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
Two years before the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson penned a long and detailed list of grievances regarding British acts going back more than a century. He not only referred to them as a “nullity” but pointed out that “we declare them void.” Jefferson’s...
Signed on Sept 3, 1783 – the Treaty of Paris was intended to end the war for independence. But the war didn’t officially end on that date with the signatures of Franklin, John Adams and John Jay. The treaty, made with 13 free, sovereign, and independent...
When government-run schools teach that the American Revolution was mostly about “taxation without representation,” the underlying message is clear: today, you have representatives, so if you don’t like what they do, just get new ones. But this ignores a deeper...
America is drowning in debt – and teetering on the brink. We’ve just hit a new, unthinkable milestone: a national debt of $35 trillion. This isn’t just a number; it’s a ticking time bomb. The Founding Fathers warned us about this “public...
The Founding Fathers were deeply worried about the dangers of paper money, because they lived them first hand. On this episode, learn 4 key ways the founders warned us about the dangers of paper money – dangers we’re still living through today! Path to...