Today's American Minute
Battle of Lepanto, Sinking of Spanish Armada, and Pilgrim Governor William Bradford - American Minute with Bill Federer
and Pilgrim Governor William Bradford Battle of Lepanto Sinking of Spanish Armada
Spain saved Europe by defeating the Ottoman Turkish navy in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. Afterwards, though, instead of freeing the Mediterranean from Ottoman control, King Philip II sent the Iron Duke of Alba to commit the Spanish Fury, killing 10,000 Dutch Reformed in Antwerp, Belgium, and sending its Invincible Armada to conquer Anglican England.
Pilgrims almost sailed to Guyana: History of Spanish and French attempts to settle America - American Minute with Bill Federer
Adam Smith wrote in The Wealth of Nations, 1776: "The Spaniards ... claimed all America as their own, and ... such was ... the terror of their name, that the greater part of the other nations of Europe were afraid to establish themselves in any other part of that great continent ... But ... the defeat ... of their Invincible Armada ... put it out of their power to obstruct any longer the settlements of the other European nations."
The People are King. Who are Counselors to the King? How does a Republic differ from a Democracy? - American Minute with Bill Federer
James Wilson wrote in his Lectures on Law, 1790-91: "In a free country, EVERY CITIZEN forms a part of the SOVEREIGN POWER: he possesses a vote."
Voting: How America is an Experiment in Self-Government - American Minute with Bill Federer
Voting: How America is an Experiment in Self-Government
Theodore Roosevelt stated October 24, 1903: "In no other place and at no other time has the experiment of government of the people, by the people, for the people, been tried on so vast a scale as here in our own country."
Armenian Genocide History - American Minute with Bill Federer
Hitler allegedly gave orders August 22, 1939, to brutally invade Poland, adding: "Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?"