Status Updates From Basic Documents in American...

1949 - NATO, didn’t replace UN, but why was it necessary?

1941 - FDR declaration of war against Japan, following Dec 7, 1941 a day which will live in infamy

1947 - the Truman Doctrine, containing aggressive soviet expansion against Greece, Turkey, Iran; compare with Monroe doctrine 1823!

1941 - FDR speech describing “Lend - Lease” to help allied forces obtain US supplies without our committing to the War. In the speech he enumerated Four Freedoms
1) Speech
2) Worship of God
3) from Want
4) from Fear
Illustrated by Norman Rockwell
https://www.nrm.org/2012/10/collectio...

1933 - Roosevelt 1st Inaugural address,
The Govt needs to help people get back to work, to restore confidence in our financial systems and to regulate those financial institutions to prevent a great crash from happening again.

1928 - Hoover’s rugged individualism
Keep out of business govt
They allowed govt excess during the crisis of war.
** get ready for the govt expansion during economic crisis of the great depression!

1918 - president wilson’s 14 points
1 - no secret deals
2 - free seas
3 - free trade
4 - arms reduction
5 - colonies have a say
6 - help Russia
7 - restore Belgium
8 - free France and fix alsace- Lorraine
9 - fix Italy’s borders
10 - free Austria-Hungary
11 - free Rumania, Serbia, Montenegro
12 - free Turkey
13 - free Poland
14 - form an association of nations to secure by mutual agreement the above

1917 - wilson war message
And
1918 - his 14 points speech

1863 - Lincoln Gettysburg address. Amazing and familiar , happened to visit Lincoln memorial while reading this book and read the engraved Gettysburg address!

1857 - dred scott case. Disastrous decision by the SCOTUS , Taney states mr scott is not a citizen so cant bring the suit, but if he could MO state law hes a slave, so IL state cant undue that

1860 - SC secedes after Lincoln is elected

1861 - Lincoln first inaugural address, amazing, “we must not be enemies…”

1832 - Jackson’s nullification proclamation - lead by john c Calhoun, south carolina tried to refuse to obey federal tariff laws and threatened secession if forced; Jackson readied troops to say yes you will obey and you most certainly wont secede. Booyah

1823 - Monroe doctrine - no new European colonies in the Americas. And we will acknowledge but remain neutral in efforts by existing colonies to free theselves

1820 - Missouri compromise - ok for existing slavery, no new slavery

1803 Madison v marbury - marbury did not retain his appt from a prior administration

1812 - Madison’s war message - Brits were boarding ships hijacking crew/passengers even pressing them into service, taking good , blockading our harbors and riling up the Natives in the West against us - “ the United States have in vain, exhausted, remonstrances, and expostulations“

Washington’s farewell address, 1796
I am struck with the sagacity of his warnings against political parties, and therefore polarization. Where we depart is over foreign policy, which I do not believe he could’ve anticipated a world, so enmeshed as we find ourselves in the modern era. Isolationism is not good policy in the 20th century and beyond due to attachments literally around the globe.

1786 - Virginia statute for religious freedom, by Thomas Jefferson
Among a great argument for removing tests of religious affiliation from public service requirements
Also,
“that truth is great and will prevail if left to herself”

1777/78 - articles of confederation - precursor to the constitution, some articles travelled fwd and were reflected in the constitution ( powers not specifically granted to the US are reserved for the states) and some articles did not (article 11 spoke to another british colony joining our ranks - Canada!)

1776- Declaration of Independence
We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal and they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are Life Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Wow.

New England Confederation of 1643
Mass, Plymouth, Connecticut, new haven
Entered in to an affiliation to look out for each

Mayflower compact (1620) - primitive Christian based self govt
Fundamental Orders of CT (1639) - year long terms for a gov and some magistrates, property owners