nedryun | November 17, 2010
Ned Ryun Continues His Series, “Days of Revolution.” Listen to Episode 12, “The Life of James Otis.” In this episode: The life and contributions of James Otis. Otis’ role in the Writs of Assistance debate. The written works of James Otis as a foundation for the American Revolution. Otis’ premature departure from the public sphere [...]
Category: Days of Revolution |
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Tags: Admiralty Court, Battle of Bunker Hill, Boston, Considerations on Behalf of the Colonists, Equal Representation, Francis Bernard, Glorious Revolution, Great Britain, Harvard College, James Otis, Jeremiah Gridley, John Adams, John Robinson, Massachusetts, Molasses Act, Natural Rights, Navigation Acts, New York, Parliament, Plymouth, Quartering Act, Ruth Cunningham, Samuel Adams, Stamp Act Congress, The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved, Thomas Hutchinson, Thomas Jefferson, Townshend Acts, Writs of Assistance
nedryun | November 9, 2010
Ned Ryun Continues His Series, “Days of Revolution.” Listen to Episode 11, “The Rights of the Colonies Asserted and Proved.” In this episode: The philosophical foundations of America are captured, in part, by James Otis, author of The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved. The problems with Writs of Assistance and search and [...]
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Tags: Admiralty Court, Boston, Consent of the Governed, Court of Exchequer, Declaration of Independence, Divine Right, Fourth Amendment, French and Indian War, Great Britain, James Otis, John Adams, John Hancock, John Locke, Molasses Act, Natural Law, Natural Rights, New England, Parliament, Proclamation Act of 1763, Search and Seizure, Separation of Powers, Stamp Act of 1765, Superior Court of Massachusetts, Taxation Without Representation, The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved, The Sugar Act of 1764, Unalienable Rights, Writs of Assistance
nedryun | August 5, 2010
Ned Ryun Continues His Series, “Days of Revolution.” Listen to Episode 5, “The Great Awakening.” In this episode: How the Great Awakening contributed to American political thought and influenced the Founding Fathers. A look at two prominent figures in the Great Awakening: Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield. How the democratization of the Christian church influenced perceptions [...]
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Tags: 1739, Anglican, Baptist, Benjamin Franklin, Calvinist, Christianity, Clinton Rossiter, Congregationalist, Connecticut, Enfield, George Whitefield, Jonathan Edwards, Massachusetts, Natural Rights, New England, Northampton, Philadelphia, Presbyterian, Public Morality, Puritanism, Reformation, Revival, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, The Great Awakening
nedryun | September 8, 2009
Ned Ryun continues his series on the Constitutional Convention. In this Episode: The task of passing a Bill of Rights is undertaken. Alexander Hamilton writes in favor in Federalist 84. Federalists use the Bill of Rights to gain support from Anti-Federalists. Bill of Rights inspired by John Locke, Virginia Declaration of Rights, English Declaration of [...]
Category: History of the Constitutional Convention |
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Tags: Alexander Hamilton, Anti-Federalists, Bill of Rights, Double Jeopardy, Eighth Amendment, English Declaration of Rights, Federalist 84, Federalist Papers, Federalists, Fifth Amendment, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Petition, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, George Mason, James Madison, James Wilson, John Locke, Magna Carta, Natural Rights, Ninth Amendment, Patrick Henry, Quartering, Right to Bear Arms, Right to Counsel, Right to Speedy Trial, Roger Sherman, Search and Seizure, Second Amendment, Self Incrimination, Seventh Amendment, Sixth Amendment, State and Local Government, Tenth Amendment, The Revolutionary War, Third Amendment, Trial by Jury, Virginia, Virginia Declaration of Rights, William Vining
