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 | October 27, 2010

Ned Ryun Continues His Series, “Days of Revolution.”  Listen to Episode 10, “The Currency Act of 1764.” In this episode: First comprehensive assertion of British policy over the colonists was the Currency Act of 1764. Overview of events leading up to the first Currency Act in 1751. Analysis of economics during the 18th century, particularly [...]

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Tags: Benjamin Franklin, Bills of Credit, Commerce, Continental Congress, Currency Act of 1751, Currency Act of 1764, Economics, France, French and Indian War, Great Britain, Molassas, New England, Paper Money, Parliament, Pennsylvania, Proclamation Act of 1763, Self Government, Stamp Act of 1765, Sugar, Taxation, The Sugar Act of 1764, Trade Defecit

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 [...]

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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 | September 14, 2009

Ned Ryun Concludes (for now) his Series on the Constitutional Convention: In this episode: A look back on the series. A comparison to W.B. Yates’ The Second Coming. Macro view of original intent and the Founding Fathers. A critique of modern “Progressives.” Where we are going as a nation and how we should get there.

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Tags: Abraham Kuyper, Alexis de Tocqueville, Benjamin Franklin, Constitution Day, Democracy in America, Federalist 51, James Madison, Netherlands, Preamble, Progressives, Self Government, Separation of Powers, The Second Coming, Utopian Statists, W.B. Yates

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 [...]

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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