Today's American Minute

Louisiana Territory, Haitian Slave Rebellion that convinced Napoleon to sell it, & Napoleon's final spiritual reflections - American Minute with Bill Federer

May 12, 2023 • & Napoleon's final spiritual reflections • the Haitian Slave Rebellion that convinced Napoleon to sell it • The Louisiana Territory

On APRIL 30, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase was made, effectively doubling the size of the United States. The 828,000 square miles were purchased at less than three cents an acre - it was the greatest real estate deal in history!

Harry S Truman's role in World War I, in creating new State of Israel, & in warning of anarchy leading to dictatorship - American Minute with Bill Federer

May 10, 2023 • & in warning of anarchy leading to dictatorship • Harry S Truman's role in World War I • in creating new State of Israel

Truman's chief negotiator of the 1949 Armistice Agreements between Israel and Egypt, Lebanon, Jordon, and Syria was African American Ralph Bunche -- for which he became the first black to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Dutch Golden Age: World Maritime-Economic Power of 16th & 17th centuries, and the Dutch Colony of New Amsterdam (New York) - American Minute with Bill Federer

May 10, 2023 • and the Dutch Colony of New Amsterdam (New York) • Dutch Golden Age: World Maritime-Economic Power of 16th & 17th centuries

In 1696, King William granted freedoms to Dutch Church in New York with the Charter: "William the third, By the grace of God, King of England ... Our said loving subjects ... to preserve to them and their successors that liberty of worshiping God according to the constitutions and directions of the Reformed Churches in Holland ..."

Treaty of Tripoli & the confusion surrounding it explained in four points - American Minute with Bill Federer

May 08, 2023 • Treaty of Tripoli & the Confusion About It Explained in Four Points

Noted religious critic and anti-theist Christopher Hitchens admitted in his work Jefferson Versus the Muslim Pirates (2007): "Of course, those secularists like myself who like to cite this Treaty must concede that its conciliatory language was part of America's attempt to come to terms with Barbary demands"

Cervantes & Shakespeare: Two Writers who significantly shaped Western Literature - American Minute with Bill Federer

May 07, 2023 • Cervantes & Shakespeare: Two Writers who significantly shaped Western Literature

One of France's greatest writers, Victor Hugo, wrote in his Preface to Cromwell, 1827: "Lastly, this threefold poetry flows from three great sources -- the Bible, Homer, Shakespeare ... The Bible before the Iliad, the Iliad before Shakespeare." Victor Hugo stated: "England has two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare, but the Bible made England."