Today's American Minute
"Squanto ... a special instrument sent of God for their good beyond their expectation"-Pilgrim Governor William Bradford - American Minute with Bill Federer
Governor Bradford wrote: "Squanto was a native of these parts, and had been one of the few survivors of the plague hereabouts.
He was carried away with others by one Hunt, a captain of a ship, who intended to sell them for slaves in Spain ..."
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."
Luther & Protestant Reformation's Political Repercussions on America's Founding - American Minute with Bill Federer
Luther & the Protestant Reformation's Political Repercussions on America's Founding
British Statesman Edmund Burke addressed Parliament, 1775: "All Protestantism ... is a sort of dissent. But the religion most prevalent in our Northern Colonies is a refinement on the principle of resistance; it is the dissidence of dissent, and the protestantism of the Protestant religion."
Star Chamber Secret Trials, Jails, Persecution of Christians; Pilgrims Fled to Holland, then New England - American Minute with Bill Federer
Star Chamber Persecution of Christians; Pilgrims Fled to Holland -- then New England
Though the secret hearings started with the intention of cutting through the red tape of bureaucracy, Britain's Court of Star Chamber proceeded to usurp power. It became a political weapon for auditing, intimidating and punishing opponents to the King's policies, similar to modern-day IRS audits or partisan secret special counsel investigations.
Columbus' Four Voyages and Hurricanes in the Caribbean - American Minute with Bill Federer
Columbus' Four Voyages to the New World and Hurricanes in the Caribbean
Beginning in 1492, Christopher Columbus took FOUR VOYAGES to the New World: 1ST VOYAGE (1492-1493), he DISCOVERED land; 2ND VOYAGE (1493-1496), he encountered a hurricane, malaria, and CANNIBALS; 3RD VOYAGE (1498-1500), he faced doldrums, rebellion, and was ARRESTED; 4TH VOYAGE (1502-1504), he survived another hurricane, explored Panama, and was SHIPWRECKED on Jamaica for a year.