nedryun | January 25, 2011
Ned Ryun Continues His Series, “Days of Revolution.” Listen to Episode 15, “Patrick Henry and the Virginia Resolves.” In this episode: The first legislative response to the Stamp Act proposed by Patrick Henry and called the Virginia Resolves. The Virginia Resolves assert that the colonists have the same rights as Englishmen. Henry argues voraciously for [...]
Category: Days of Revolution |
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Tags: Benjamin Franklin, Boston, Brutus, Clinton Rossiter, Founding Fathers, France, French and Indian War, Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death, Great Britain, Individualism, Julius Caesar, King George III, Liberty Boys, New York City, Oliver Cromwell, Patrick Henry, Pennsylvania, Richmond, Self Government, Stamp Act of 1765, Taxation, Taxation Without Representation, The Sons of Liberty, The Treason Speech, Virginia, Virginia General Assembly, Virginia House of Burgesses, Virginia Resolves
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
