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 [...]

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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 | August 17, 2009

Ned Ryun continues his series on the Constitutional Convention. In this Episode: The Constitution enters the ratification phase as dictated by Article VII. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay author the Federalist Papers to convince New York citizens to ratify the Constitution. Anti-Federalists George Clinton and Robert Yates lobby against the Constitution in their [...]

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Tags: Alexander Hamilton, Anti-Federalists, Article VII, Brutus, Cato, Connecticut, Delaware, Democracy, Factions, Federalist 1, Federalist 10, Federalist 39, Federalist 51, Federalist 78, Federalist Papers, George Clinton, Georgia, James Madison, John Jay, Judicial Branch, Julius Caesar, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Publius Valerius Publicola, Ratification Debates, Republic, Rhode Island, Robert Yates, Separation of Powers, Strunk and White