Today's American Minute

Battle of Lepanto, Sinking of Spanish Armada, and Pilgrim Governor William Bradford - American Minute with Bill Federer

November 19, 2023 • and Pilgrim Governor William Bradford • Battle of Lepanto • Sinking of Spanish Armada

Adam Smith wrote in The Wealth of Nations, 1776:"The Spaniards, by virtue of the first discovery, 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. In the course of the 17th century ... English, French, Dutch, Danes, and Swedes ... attempted to make some settlements in the new world."

Spice Trade, Amsterdam Stock Exchange, Indonesian Nutmeg Island exchanged for Manhattan, Volcanos, Dutch Religious Tolerance - American Minute with Bill Federer

November 16, 2023 • Companies • Dutch Religious Tolerance - American Minute with Bill Federer • Indonesian Nutmeg Island traded for Manhattan • Spice Trade • Stock Market • Volcanos

The Dutch gained control over Indonesia while the British gained control of India.

Joint Stock Companies financed English Exploration & the Founding of the Colony of Virginia - American Minute with Bill Federer

November 14, 2023 • and Enland's First Permanent Colony in America - American Minute with Bill Federer • Joint Stock Companies funded Europe's Age of Exploration

After the Reformation, Protestant countries formed the first "joint–stock" companies. A joint–stock company was much like modern-day crowd–sourcing or crowd–funding. Any individual could invest in a ship sailing to the Far East in search of spices, and when the ship returned, investors received a profit.

Veterans Day "In test & trial, we instinctively turn to God for courage"-Eisenhower - American Minute with Bill Federer

November 11, 2023 • Veterans Day "In time of test and trial • we instinctively turn to God for new courage and peace of mind"-Eisenhower - American Minute with Bill Federer

General Douglas MacArthur told West Point cadets, May 1962: "The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training - sacrifice. In battle and in the face of danger and death, he discloses those Divine attributes which his Maker gave when He created man in His own image ..."

Captain John Smith fought Turks - American Minute with Bill Federer

November 07, 2023

Six years before he came to America, Captain John Smith joined the Austrian forces and fought in the “Long War” against the Muslim Ottoman Turks invading Hungary.