nedryun | July 28, 2010
Ned Ryun Continues His Series, “Days of Revolution.” Listen to Episode 4, “The Legacy of the Colonial Legislatures and Self Government.” In this episode: The role of the colonial legislatures and the principle of self government is essential to understanding the attitudes that drove the American Revolution. A brief look at three colonial legislatures in [...]
Category: Days of Revolution |
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Tags: American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin, Christopher Newport, Clinton Rossiter, Colonial Assemblies, Colonial Councils, Colonial Courts, Colonial Legislatures, Connecticut, English Common Law, Executive Power, Founding Fathers, French and Indian War, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, George Washington, George Yeardley, Georgia, James River, Jamestown, John Smith, Local Government, London Company, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Middle Plantation, New York, Power of the Purse, Robert Dinwiddie, Royal Governors, Self Government, Sharecroppers, South Carolina, The Constitution State, The Revolutionary War, Thomas Hutchinson, Thomas Pownall, Virginia, Virginia Company, Virginia House of Burgesses, Voter Turnout, Williamsburg
nedryun | July 8, 2009
Ned Ryun continues his series on the Constitutional Convention. In this Episode: The Founding Fathers and separation of powers. The legislative branch intended as the final authority. The reaction against monarchy and despots as well as rogue legislatures like Rhode Island. The U.S. House of Representatives: features and debates. The U.S. Senate: features and debates.
Category: History of the Constitutional Convention |
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Tags: Alexander Hamilton, Aristocracy, Article I, Article II, Article III, Confederation Congress, Consent of the Governed, Equal Representation, Executive Branch, Fiat Money, Founding Fathers, George Mason, George Washington, Gouverneur Morris, Great Compromise, House of Lords, House of Representatives, Impeachment, James Madison, James Wilson, John Dickinson, John Rutledge, Judicial Branch, King George III, Legislative Branch, Montesquieu, Paper Money, Post Office, Proportional Representation, Rhode Island, Robert Dinwiddie, Roger Sherman, Senate, Separation of Powers, State Legislatures, U.S. Constitution, Vice President
nedryun | June 8, 2009
Ned Ryun continues his series on the Constitutional Convention. In this Episode: Religion and the Founding Fathers. The Founding Fathers were not deists, atheists and agnostics as some have characterized. A look at the first settlers and their motivations. Colonial Protestantism, the Puritans, and the influence of Covenant Theology on early American society. Comments about [...]
Category: History of the Constitutional Convention |
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Tags: Agnosticism, Atheism, Benjamin Franklin, Calvinism, Capitalism, Christianity, Church of England, Clinton Rossiter, Covenant Theology, Declaration of Independence, Deism, Founding Fathers, Freedom of Religion, Individualism, James Madison, Jesus Christ, John Adams, John Locke, John Quincy Adams, Protestantism, Puritanism, Religion, Roman Catholic Church, Samuel Rutherford, Self Government, Separation of Church and State, Slavery, Social Contract, Ten Commandments, Thomas Jefferson, Toleration, U.S. Constitution
nedryun | January 23, 2009
Ned Ryun launches his series on the Constitutional Convention with his first episode. In this Episode: Introduction to the Constitutional Convention and the weekly podcast The road to the convention: The Revolutionary War The road to the convention: The American confederation debate The road to the convention: The Articles of Confederation The issues of the [...]
Category: History of the Constitutional Convention |
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Tags: Articles of Confederation, Confederation debate, Federal Convention, Founding Fathers, Grand Convention, History of the Constitutional Convention, James Madison, John Adams, John Dickinson, Proportional Representation, Richard Henry Lee, Roger Sherman, Slavery, State Sovereignty, Taxation, The Revolutionary War
