Between the 16th and 19th centuries the international economic attitude/system was Mercantilism. This system was how each Nation measured their wealth in comparison to opposing powers. They were so focused on the calculated number of riches they had stored away in their banks. They let it collect dust instead of using if to better the lives of their peo... Read More

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    One of the primary purposes of the Book of Mormon is to draw all men nearer to God.  Yet skeptics of the book’s origins get caught up in the peripheral and miss out.  One of these topics is the treatment of the American Revolution which they suppose to be the product of Joseph Smith’s absorption of 19th Century ideas in New York.  From Richard Bushman’s analysis of this topic... Read More

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                  I am proud to be an American. When I am proud of who I am or of certain aspects of my life, I am not just faintly proud. That word holds so much more meaning and power behind it then to be feebly used. I feel the pride encompass my whole being. I am filled with fervor and delight when I consider all the sacrifice that went forth to create this American Nation. The revoluti... Read More

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    “I am filled with deep emotion at finding myself standing here in the place where were collected together the wisdom, the patriotism, the devotion to principle, from which sprang the institutions under which we live.”  This single sentence originally spoken in Independence Hall by Abraham Lincoln is praised by Martin Diamond as a clean encapsulation of the two great documents upon which America’s origins rest.  The Declaration of Ind... Read More

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Prompt: In 500 words or less, describe what you think Martin Diamond meant by his title, 'Revolution of Sober Expectations?'

Response: To be quite honest before our lecture on this I was totally lost as to the meaning of the title, but I now have a better understand of his speech. I think Diamond means that the Founding Fathers understood what it would take to create a new nation. It was not going to be all smooth sailing throughout the lon... Read More

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