Today's American Minute

Napoleon's conquests led to Latin America breaking from Spain & War of 1812; with British attacks, inciting Indians; Madison called for prayer- American Minute with Bill Federer

August 28, 2023 • inciting Indians; Madison called for prayer • Napoleonic conquests led to Latin America breaking from Spain & War of 1812; with British attacks

After winning the Battle of Marengo, Napoleon had himself made Emperor in 1804. At his coronation, he placed the crown on his own head, which was a public insult to the Pope who present, as previously the Pope crowned the Holy Roman Emperors. Napoleon then crowned his wife, Josephine, proclaiming her as empress.

The Fall of Rome: - Is History Repeating? - American Minute with Bill Federer

August 26, 2023 • The Fall of Rome: - Is History Repeating?

As Rome exhibited weakness, it experienced terrorist attacks. Attila the Hun, "The Scourge of God," attacked with an unstoppable army of a half-million warriors.

How Democracies & Republics Rise & Fall: A Crash Course on Plato's Republic - American Minute with Bill Federer

August 24, 2023 • How Democracies & Republics Rise & Fall: A Crash Course on Plato's Republic

"The constitutions of states are five." The FIVE STAGES are: "We count as one Royal and Aristocratical..." followed by Timocratical, Oligarchical, Democratical, Tyrannical.

President Franklin Pierce, Antebellum Politics, and the Romanticism era Poet Nathaniel Hawthorne - American Minute with Bill Federer

August 22, 2023 • and the Romanticism era Poet Nathaniel Hawthorne • Antebellum Politics • President Franklin Pierce

On March 4, 1853, as the 14th U.S. President, Franklin Pierce stated in his Inaugural Address: "It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling Providence."

Explorers Circumnavigate Globe--From Magellan & Drake to Space Shuttle - American Minute with Bill Federer

August 22, 2023 • Explorers Circumnavigate Globe--From Magellan & Drake to Space Shuttle

Magellan was hit by a bamboo spear, surrounded and then killed. Magellan's crew continued to sail the ship, Victoria, and finally made it back to Spain in September of 1522.