Ep. 303 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Lucas Morel | Elizabeth Freeman and the Promise of Liberty
The story of Elizabeth "Mumbet" is inspirational. Born into slavery in New York in 1744, she spent most of her life in Massachusetts. Following the ratification of the new Massachusetts Constitution...
23 Touko 55min
Ep. 302 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Kurt Smith | How Virginia Set the Stage for the Declaration
Regular followers of Constituting America know we view the Declaration of Independence as one of the greatest documents ever written. An interesting point to ponder is that it had to come from somewh...
16 Touko 56min
Ep. 301 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Richard Bell | The American Revolution and the Fate of the World
The American Revolution obviously changed the course of American History. That's a given. Have you ever contemplated how that singular event changed the course of world history over the ensuing cent...
8 Touko 56min
Ep. 300 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Scott Harris | A Young Patriot: James Monroe Turns 18 in 1776
As a teenager, he dropped out of college and served in the in the 3rd Virginia Regiment in the Continental Army. After studying law under Thomas Jefferson, he later served in the Virginia House of De...
1 Touko 53min
Ep. 299 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Scot Faulkner | No Tax Without Consent: The Fight for Self-Government
Every now and then a government does something that goes just a bit too far and causes the people to protest. One such example was the British imposition of the Stamp Act on the American Colonies. W...
24 Huhti 54min
Ep. 298 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Tony Williams | The Pursuit of Liberty: Honoring Thomas Jefferson's Birthday
Statesman. Author. President of the United States. Perhaps no one's words best embodied the ethos of the Founding Fathers quite like Thomas Jefferson. At Constituting America, we feel what he wrot...
17 Huhti 53min
Ep. 297 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Hon. Bob Pence | Consent of the Governed at 250: The Principle That Still Defines Us
A foundational principle that distinguished and continues to distinguish our country from most other governments in the world is that our government exists by the "consent of the governed." Why was t...
10 Huhti 56min
