Patriot Lessons: American History and Civics (Constitution, Declaration of Independence, etc.)

Learn how American liberty was threatened following the American Revolution. Explore how the Articles of Confederation were too flawed to maintain our freedoms. Discover how the unalienable right to property was violated, economic chaos prevailed, foreign policy was in disarray, the weaknesses of the Congress, and the germ of tyranny in within the Articles of Confederation. All of this was setting...

Listen - perhaps for the first time - to the entire Articles of Confederation, and learn about their remarkable achievements and highlights, setting the stage for the text and adoption of the federal Constitution. Also check out PatriotWeek.org, Judge Warren's book at www. AmericasSurvivalGuide.com, and the Save our Republic! video series on Patriot Week's YouTube Channel.

Learn about the circumstances leading to the drafting and ratification of the Articles of Confederation. You can’t really understand America and the Constitution without understanding the Articles. Also check out PatriotWeek.org, Judge Warren's book at www. AmericasSurvivalGuide.com, and the Save our Republic! video series on Patriot Week's YouTube Channel.

Learn what really happened on September 11, 2001. Discover how and why America was attacked, including the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Washington, D.C. Review the motivations of Osama Bin Ladin and al Qaeda. Explore how 9/11 altered the course of history in America and globally, including its psychological and intangible toll. Listen to news coverage of the terrorist a...

56 brave men signed the Declaration of Independence. Not all voted for it, and not all who voted for it signed it. Each of the signers was remarkable in his own way, and pledged his life, fortune, and sacred honor to the Declaration. This episode explores the lives of final 10 signers: John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry, Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery, Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington...

56 brave men signed the Declaration of Independence. Not all voted for it, and not all who voted for it signed it. Each of the signers was remarkable in his own way, and pledged his life, fortune, and sacred honor. This episode explores the lives of 9 of the signers: Lewis Morris, Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark, Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, and...

Thomas Jefferson was the primary draftsman of the Declaration of Independence, but Congress made over 80 different changes. Listen to Jefferson's original version and then review the changes made by Congress. Learn which of the revisions significantly improved his prose - including some of its most famous passages, and learn which revisions were simply unforgivable - such as deleting Jefferson's p...

56 brave men signed the Declaration of Independence. Not all voted for it, and not all who voted for it signed it. Each of the signers was remarkable in his own way, and pledged his life, fortune, and sacred honor. This episode explores the lives of 12 of the signers: John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross, Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas M’Kean, Willi...

56 brave men signed the Declaration of Independence. Not all voted for it, and not all who voted for it signed it. Each of the signers was remarkable in his own way, and pledged his life, fortune, and sacred honor. This episode explores the lives of 11 of the signers: Charles Carroll of Carrollton, George With [Wyth], Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson Jr., Franc...

Learn how the Second Continental Congress called upon the Supreme Judge of the World to support its actions. Understand how colonies and local governments had already declared independence before July 4th, how colonies addressed the issue of independence at Congress, and how Congress moved forward with Richard Henry Lee's resolution for independence. Explore how the colonies declared that they wer...

56 brave men signed the Declaration of Independence. Not all voted for it, and not all who voted for it signed it. Each of the signers was remarkable in his own way. This episode explores the lives of 14 of the signers: John Hancock, Button Gwinett, Lyman Hall, George Walton, William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn, Edward Rutledge, Thomas Hayward Jr, Thomas Lynch Jr, Arthur Middleton, Samuel Chas...

Learn what the signers of the Declaration of Independence meant in the last sentence of the document: "And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm Reliance on the Protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor." Discover the meaning of Divine Providence - that the very hand of God intervened in human affairs. Uncover that pl...

Learn the real story of Lexington & Concord on April 19, 1775 and the Shot Heard 'Round the World - which changed America and the world forever. Follow the Patriots and the British during the lead up to Lexington and Concord, and experience the battles first hand. Explore what really happened on Paul Revere's ride, and discover the unsung heroes Dr. Joseph Warren, William Dawes, and others. Fo...

In light of the Declaration of Independence's list of 27 grievances, witness how the colonists repeatedly petitioned the the King and Parliament to address these grievances, and how the King repeatedly ignored them. Discover how this stubborn refusal to address the petitions revealed the true character of the King - he was a tyrant! And the Parliament was fully supporting him. In addition, explore...

Learn about the penultimate grievance of the Declaration of Independence which involves condemning the impressment of colonial sailors and others into service in the Royal Navy - often a death sentence due to brutal conditions. Understand how this turned Americans into slaves to the Empire and often required them fight their own people. Explore the last grievance of the Declaration of Indepen...

Continuing our exploration of the grievances of the Declaration of Independence, the King declares the colonists outside of his protection and declares war on America. Learn how the King unleashed the British navy to plunder the seas, ravage our coasts, burn our turns and destroy the lives of our people. Explore how he hired Hessians and other foreign mercenaries to brutally crush the Americans. P...

Learn how the British Empire's crackdown on the colonists included passing the Massachusetts Government Act of 1774, which revoked the long standing Massachusetts Charter. The act eliminated representative government in Massachusetts and installed a military commander (General Gage) as a near dictator answerable only to King George III. Explore how the other colonial legislative assemblies were su...

The Founders believed that Prudence would prevent revolutions so long as evils were sufferable - until the government engaged in a long train of abuses and usurpations revealing a plan to impose absolute despotism on the people. Explore these key long neglected phrases of Declaration of Independence introducing the grievances justifying the American Revolution. Plus the Rolling Stones, Devil Woman...

The Declaration of Independence’s list of grievances includes the suppression of the right to a jury trial. Learn how the jury right gradually arose and developed over the centuries in England, and how it became a keystone to justice and liberty. Highlights include the trials of Quaker leader and founder of Pennsylvania William Penn in England and printer John Peter Zenger in New York. Learn how P...

President Elect Joe Biden is about to be sworn in as President in the first virtual Inauguration in history. What does the Constitution require for a Presidential Inauguration? Learn about the oath of office for the President and other federal and State officials. Why is the oath important?  Explore the traditions of Inaugurations including a public ceremony, balls, parades, open houses, Bibl...

President Donald Trump was impeached on January 13, 2021 in the wake of the insurrection, riot, mob, storming (or whatever history will eventually dub) of the US Capitol Building on January 6, 2021. Learn about the 10 reasons why this is unique in the history of impeachments. Explore why Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi chose to impeach President Trump versus using the 25th Ame...

Learn about how the original, unamended Constitution addressed the death, removal, or incapacity of the President or Vice President and its three major defects. Explore how the country dealt with those flaws until the adoption of the 25th Amendment in 1967. Review how the illness, incapacity, disability, and grievous injures of Presidents Woodrow Wilson, James Garfield, Grover Cleveland, and other...

Learn the true story behind taxation without representation, including the Sugar Act (Revenue Act of 1764), the Stamp Act and Stamp Act Congress, the Townsend Acts, the Tea Tax and the Boston Tea Party. Explore mercantilism and how Great Britain cut off the colonies from trade with the rest of the world with enumerated goods and import/export restrictions. Patrick Henry thunders onto the scene wit...

Learn how standing armies were a grave threat to American liberty. Explore how subordinating the civil government to military authority violated the unalienable rights of the colonists. Review how England subverted justice to protect their tyrannical regime. Discover the true story about the unjust quartering of troops. Understand how everything Parliament did was illegitimate and pretended legisl...

Continuing our deep dive into the grievances of the Declaration of Independence - revealing the King and Empire’s tyranny, explore how the King’s restricting of immigration threatened the colonies. Review how the King’s attempt to make the judges dependent on his will alone threatened the rule of law. Understand how the King destroyed justice and the courts of North Carolina. Learn how British off...