Understanding the #UnitedStatesofAmerica: The Wealth of Nations An Introduction

An introduction to the Wealth of Nations

My name is Turtle and I have an interest in pursuing knowledge and I like to share the things I learn.

The purpose of this blog series, “Understanding the United States of America” is to get a better understanding of this nation’s ideology by reading the documents produced throughout the course of this nation’s history in order to discover what these documents say.

What documents has this series covered thus far?

(a) Myron C. Fagan’s “Illuminati and the CFR” lecture

The first blog series was not actually a document, but based on a lecture given by Myron C. Fagan, that kind of maps out the hidden history of this nation we call America, and lays out the direction that America’s hidden masters intend to take her in.

(b) The Federal Reserve Act

The Federal Reserve is the central bank system for America and has been so since 1913. A central bank supplies a nation with its money supply. The Rothschild philosophy is “allow me to control a nation’s money supply and I care not who makes their laws”. The Federal Reserve Act lays out the policies and procedures for this institution, which is behind every economic boom and bust this nation has had and will have.

(c) The Doctrine of Discovery

A Papal Bull written in 1493, 7 months after the Christopher Columbus voyage that “discovered” the American continents in 1492, proclaimed the Roman Catholic Church’s ownership based on the Columbus “discovery”.

(d) The Treaty of Paris 1763

At the conclusion of the French and Indian War, this document divided the American continents amongst the European ruling elite of England, France, Spain, and Portugal.

(e) The Treaty of Paris 1783

This document concluded the American Revolutionary War. The document recognized each of the 13 colonies as independent states (nations, countries), but it did not recognize the “United States of America” as a nation or independent nation.

(f) Common Sense by Thomas Paine

This pamphlet by Thomas Paine was what inspired the drafting and adoption of the Declaration of Independence, which would become the charter of the United States of America.

(g) The Declaration of Independence

America’s founding document that states the purposes for America’s existence and who authorizes them to become a separate and independent nation. In this series I focused on the rough copy to see what was struck out from the final copy.

(h) Natural Law

This series was not based on any American document. This series focused on breaking down a seminar given by Mark Passio in 2013 on the topic of Natural Law. The Declaration of Independence, America’s charter, states that it is the laws of nature given to humanity by “Nature’s God” that entitled them to their “separation”. With that statement, America is to operate under the Laws of Nature (Natural Law), so with that being the case I thought it was important to understand what Natural Law is. Natural Law’s foundation is 8 principles (the 7 hermetic principles plus one overarching principle that ties everything together). The 7 hermetic principles being mentalism, correspondence, vibration, polarity, rhythm, cause and effect, and gender. The overarching principle is care.

(i) The Articles of Confederation

These are the first set of bylaws (order of operations) that set up the frame of government  whose responsibility is to protect the rights of the people that were outlined in the Declaration of Independence.

(j) The Constitution for the United States of America

This Constitution was adopted in 1787, and these were a new set of bylaws (order of operations) to replace the Articles of Confederation, which created a “weak” federal government unable to intervene when it came to interstate matters. Like the Articles of Confederation, the purpose of this new Constitution was to strengthen the federal government’s ability to protect the rights of the people outlined in the Declaration of Independence.

(k) The Bill of Rights

The first ten amendments to the 1787 Constitution act as a barrier between the government and “we the people”. The Bill of Rights outlines a set of principles to protect the people from the government encroaching on certain aspects of their lives; it also serves as an instruction manual for “we the people” on what our duties are to preserve the ideas of the Declaration of Independence and maintain our republic.

(l) The Federalist Papers

These 85 essays were written by some of the architects of this nation, that explain the purpose for the drafting of the 1787 Constitution and why it was essential to replace the Articles of Confederation. These essays give insight on what these people were thinking in their wording and construction of the Constitution and try to curtail any possible misinterpretations of their words in the future.

(m) The Anti-Federalist Papers

These 85 essays were written by some of the architects of America, who were not in favor of replacing the Articles of Confederation with the new 1787 Constitution. They feared the Constitution would give the federal too much power that they would encroach on the rights of the people. These essays are perhaps what led to the creation of the Bill of Rights.

(n) The Treaty of Ghent

This treaty was the conclusion of the War of 1812, which basically ordered a survey to establish America’s international borders, particularly the one between the United States of America and what would become Canada.

(o) The Treaty of Velasco

These treaties followed the conclusion of the Texas Revolution, which granted Texas its independence from the nation of Mexico.

(p) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

This was the conclusion of the Mexican-American War which was fought over events between the Texas Revolution and Texas becoming a member of the United States of America. The result expanded America’s territory and established the boundary between the United States of America and Mexico.

(q) The Gettysburg Address

This is not a document, but rather a speech given by President Abraham Lincoln during a graveyard dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, PA. There was no document that came out of the American Civil War, however Lincoln’s speech here clarified the purpose of preserving the union and what the purpose for the existence of the United States of America was. This nation, under God, with a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

(r) The 1898 Treaty of Paris

This document was the conclusion of the Spanish-American war that expanded America’s territory beyond the continental United States to places like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.

That brings us to: The Wealth of Nations

The next document that I’d like to look into is the Wealth of Nations, which isn’t a document. The Wealth of Nations was a series of books produced by Adam Smith in 1776 (the same year the Declaration of Independence was written and adopted). The ideologies in these books would play a heavy influence in the shaping of the economic ideologies around the world, including here in America. Adam Smith is considered the “grandfather” of economics.

To comb through the Wealth of Nations, to discover what it says, I will be using this PDF: https://www.earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/smith1776_1.pdf