In Their Own Words"All of the factual information collected here is intended as a tool to help Americans rediscover their wonderful heritage; to reintroduce them to the preeminent men and women who had the courage, intelligence, wisdom, and foresight to look to God for guidance in putting together our foundational documents and our systems of government and commerce. Convincing evidence is abundant that our laws, customs, ethics, and moral codes were based upon precepts of the Judeo/Christian Bible and that the overwhelming majority of those involved in the discovery and founding of the United States of America were Christians on a Christian mission. That they fully expected this country to be governed according to those precepts is made clear in their speeches and voluminous writings."--Page xi-xii. |
Contents
Authors Preface | vii |
Chapter One Original Intent vs Revisionism | 15 |
The early settlements | 27 |
Chapter Three George Washington | 39 |
Chapter Four John Witherspoon | 57 |
Chapter Five John Adams | 67 |
Chapter Six Thomas Jefferson | 79 |
Chapter Seven James Madison | 91 |
Chapter Twelve John Dickinson | 145 |
Chapter Thirteen Benjamin Rush | 155 |
Chapter Fourteen Roger Sherman | 167 |
Chapter Fifteen George Mason | 179 |
Chapter Sixteen John Jay | 189 |
Chapter Seventeen Gouverneur Morris | 199 |
Chapter Eighteen Charles Cotesworth Pinckney | 207 |
Chapter Nineteen Noah Webster | 217 |
Chapter Eight Benjamin Franklin | 103 |
Chapter Nine Samuel Adams | 115 |
Chapter Ten Patrick Henry | 125 |
Chapter Eleven Alexander Hamilton | 135 |
Chapter Twenty John Hancock | 227 |
Epilogue | 237 |
End Notes | 249 |
Common terms and phrases
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