Today's American Minute
Elizabeth I, Virgin Queen of England, and Religion under her Reign - American Minute with Bill Federer
Queen Elizabeth told her troops, August 19, 1588: "Let tyrants fear ... I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that ... Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm ... I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general ... Your valour ... shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people."
Renaissance, Reformation and Influence of Calvin and Knox on American Revolution - American Minute with Bill Federer
& John Witherspoon How the Renaissance and Reformation led to the Revolution: John Calvin John Knox
Hessian Jager Corps Captain Johann Heinrichs wrote to the Counsellor of the Court, January 18, 1778: "Call this war, dearest friend, by whatsoever name you may, only call it not an American Revolution, it is nothing more nor less than an Irish-Scotch Presbyterian Rebellion.”
Virginia's Founding and Religious Heritage - American Minute with Bill Federer
Virginia's Founding & Highlights of its Religious History
James Madison, March 2, 1819: "The English Church was originally the established religion ... Of other sects there were but few adherents, except the Presbyterians who predominated on the west side of the Blue Mountains ... Previous to the Revolutionary struggle, the Baptists sprang up, and made very rapid progress ... At present the population is divided, with small exceptions, among the Protestant Episcopalians, the Presbyterians, the Baptists and the Methodists."
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."