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Abigail Adams Asked Her Husband to ‘Remember the Ladies’ as He Drafted America’s Laws. Here’s What She Really Meant She wrote the letter that would come to define her legacy on March 31, 1776. But 250 years later, Americans are misinterpreting her open-ended request https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abigail-adams-asked-her-husband-to-remember-the-ladies-as-he-drafted-americas-laws-heres-what-she-really-meant-180988452/

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How the Jacksonians Caused America’s Industrial Revolution • America’s industrial revolution didn’t just happen. It came about because of the free market initiatives that came from the Andrew Jackson presidency. https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-jacksonians-caused-americas-industrial-revolution

How the Jacksonians Caused America’s Industrial Revolution

America’s industrial revolution didn’t just happen. It came about because of the free market initiatives that came from the Andrew Jackson presidency.

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🇺🇸✡️ President Truman in unearthed letter to Eleanor Roosevelt and separate note (both 1947) compares Zionists to Hitler & Stalin: “US Zionists will eventually prejudice everyone [against them]... Jews are like all underdogs - when they get on top they are just as intolerant...See more

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Mark Twain had a complicated but ultimately strongly critical view of war. Early in his life, he briefly joined a Confederate militia in 1861 at the start of the American Civil War, but he left after about two weeks. As he grew older, Twain became one of the most outspoken...See more

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#UShistory #fiatcurrency #history Massachusetts 1690: The First Western Fiat Experiment • When the Massachusetts colony issued its own unredeemable paper money in 1690, it was with the promise that it would soon be redeemable in specie. It was a lie. https://mises.org/mises-wire/massachusetts-1690-first-western-fiat-experiment •

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#UShistory Slavery Lasted in the Antebellum U.S. Because the Federal Government Protected It Because slavery would not have survived in a free market, it needed the federal government to socialize the costs to make it profitable. Secession, ironically, hastened the day when slavery was ended altogether. https://mises.org/mises-wire/slavery-lasted-antebellum-us-because-federal-government-protected-it

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#UShistory #GeorgeWashington #history The Haunting of Young George Washington New evidence helps resolve enduring mysteries about a 1758 incident that nearly cost the future president his life—and shaped his views on the battles yet to come https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/skirmish-early-george-washington-military-career-helped-define-could-have-killed-him-180987843/

A Skirmish Early in George Washington’s Military Career Helped Define Him. It Could Have Killed Him

New evidence helps resolve enduring mysteries about a 1758 incident that nearly cost the future president his life—and shaped his views on the battles yet to come

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The Declaration of Independence Created 13 New Sovereign Countries https://www.bitchute.com/video/Lpt3H9GD9Os Ryan McMaken and historian Larsen Plyler talk about how the Americans of the 1770s envisioned a new community of independent and sovereign states. The first constitution...See more

The Declaration of Independence Created 13 New Sovereign Countries

Ryan McMaken and historian Larsen Plyler talk about how the Americans of the 1770s envisioned a new community of independent and sovereign states. The first constitution made this clear. But then the new counterrevolutionaries like Hamilton wrote a new constitution designed to create one big nationa...

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A Closer Look at John C. Calhoun https://www.bitchute.com/video/xNZZt_W_eyg When it comes to the great political economist John C. Calhoun, most people love him or hate him. In this episode, economic historian Patrick Newman joins us to take a more balanced look at Calhoun, his origins as a War Hawk and nationalist, and why he was never a true Jeffersonian.

A Closer Look at John C. Calhoun

When it comes to the great political economist John C. Calhoun, most people love him or hate him. In this episode, economic historian Patrick Newman joins us to take a more balanced look at Calhoun, his origins as a War Hawk and nationalist, and why he was never a true Jeffersonian. Be sure to follo...

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The American Revolution and Classical Liberalism • Murray N. Rothbard “America, above all countries, was born in an explicitly libertarian revolution, a revolution against empire; against taxation, trade monopoly, and regulation; and against militarism and executive power.” https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-revolution-and-classical-liberalism

The American Revolution and Classical Liberalism

“America, above all countries, was born in an explicitly libertarian revolution, a revolution against empire; against taxation, trade monopoly, and regulation;

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#UShistory #History Can We Save American History From Partisan Politics? Former U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan discusses the importance of preserving presidential records and the challenge of maintaining public trust in an era of partisan conflict. https://reason.com/podcast/2026/01/14/can-we-save-american-history-from-partisan-politics/

Can we save American history from partisan politics?

Former U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan discusses the importance of preserving presidential records and the challenge of maintaining public trust in an era of partisan conflict.

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