MOTW Archives - The Founding Project

November 21, 2024

Lemuel Haynes, Our African-American Founder

Our Founders

October 19, 2024 2

Lemuel Haynes: Pastor, Patriot, Poet On July 18, 1753, Lemuel Haynes was born to a white mother “of respectable ancestry” and an African father in West Hartford, Connecticut. His parents abandoned him as a child, [...]

Algernon Sidney, Unsung Founding Father

Our Founders

October 15, 2024 0

Algernon Sidney, An Unsung Founder Every year, as we approach the anniversary of his beheading, I pay tribute to Algernon Sidney. Since so few people have heard of Col. Sidney, much less know of his [...]

Our Constitution

Why The Electoral College

September 22, 2024 0

The Electoral College and the Vote…Why An Electoral College? Americans have no constitutionally protected right to vote in a federal election. We have the right to not be discriminated against in voting, based on race, [...]

Education

The U. S. Constitution: Simplified

September 17, 2024 5

The U. S. Constitution: Simplied…Abbreviated for beginning understanding or quick reference When you just want to get the general or simplified idea of what is covered, TFP offers an abbreviated version of the U.S. Constitution. [...]

The Amendments

The 14th Amendment and Rights

September 1, 2024 0

Why The 14th Amendment? After the Civil War, the United States needed to swiftly deal with several aspects of citizenship and the rights of citizens. Three amendments were ratified in July of 1868 and were [...]

Our Founders

Revolutionary Mystery Woman: Molly Pitcher

August 16, 2024 0

Founding Momma: Molly Pitcher Who is Molly Pitcher? The stories of countless women, who made heroic and significant efforts to found America, do not end with their support of their husbands and hard work to [...]

The Founding Principles

Natural Law: Our Founders were Trouble Makers

July 16, 2024 0

Our Founders Really Were Trouble-Makers Natural Law: If causing trouble was the goal of the Founding Fathers in 1776, attacking the notion that rulers derived their authority to govern from the Divine Right of Kings [...]

Our Constitution

The Articles of Confederation Complete Text

July 9, 2024 0

TO ALL TO WHOM these Presents shall come, we the undersigned Delegates of the States affixed to our Names send greeting. Whereas the Delegates of the United States of America in Congress assembled did on the [...]

MOTW

Why courage for freedom?

Def of State

Freedom – Provide needs?

Definition of State

How Can You Vote?

Provider controls you

Free Enterprise

Propaganda

Fear is the passion of slaves

Government power