Today is Labor Day. We remember all work: wage earners, independent contractors, entrepreneurs, managers, clergy, and non-profit semi-volunteers. Work
US Environmental Movement Begins
This series has three easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: The Pinchot Speech.IntroductionThe nation-wide movement for the
The Crash Imperils British Economy, Government, and Monarchy
Today's installment concludes The South Sea Bubble Bursts,our selection from The Mississippi Bubble – A Memoir of John Law by Louis Adolphe Thiers
A Company Doing Nothing at All
A Company for carrying on an Undertaking of Great Advantage, but Nobody to know What It Is.”Continuing The South Sea Bubble Bursts,our selection
The South Sea Bubble Bursts
This series has three easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: South Sea Company Forms.IntroductionBefore the Roaring Twenties in
The Frontier of New England
Who were answerable for these offences against Christianity and civilization?Our special project presenting the definitive account of France in
Patrick Henry’s Speech
Today's installment concludes American Colonies Oppose the Stamp Act,with a short selection from History of the United States, from the Discovery of
The Thirteen Colonies Boycott Britain
The petitions from the colonists were seconded by petitions from the merchants and manufacturers of Great Britain.Continuing American Colonies
News of Stamp Act Reaches Thirteen Colonies
If the Parliament have a right to levy the stamp duties, they may by the same authority lay on us imposts, excises, and other taxes without end, till