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John McNeer February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 1 Comment #alexanderhamilton, #americanhistory, #americanpolitics, #antifederalist, #britain, #constitution, #electionof1796, #electionof1800, #federalist, #founders, #founding, #foundingfathers, #france, #frenchrevolution, #genet, #georgewashington, #history, #impeachment, #jamesmadison, #jaytreaty, #marthawashington, #neutrality, #politics, #reignofterror, #revolutionarywar, #thomasjefferson, #usfounders, #ushistory, #warof1812, #washingtonadministration

The Rupture of George Washington’s and Thomas Jefferson’s Friendship and Its Importance [Abridged]

Author’s Note: In the more concise version of this post I will focus on an incident in 1800 that reveals

American History Commentary

John McNeer February 12, 2020February 13, 2020 4 Comments #alexanderhamilton, #americanhistory, #americanpolitics, #antifederalist, #britain, #constitution, #electionof1796, #electionof1800, #federalist, #founders, #founding, #foundingfathers, #france, #frenchrevolution, #genet, #georgewashington, #history, #impeachment, #jamesmadison, #jaytreaty, #marthawashington, #neutrality, #politics, #reignofterror, #revolutionarywar, #thomasjefferson, #usfounders, #ushistory, #warof1812, #washingtonadministration

The Rupture of George Washington’s and Thomas Jefferson’s Friendship and Its Importance

Author’s Note: When I started this blog I wanted to create concise but informative summaries that were either historically important

American History Commentary Modern World History

John McNeer October 15, 2019October 16, 2019 2 Comments #1stamendment, #adamsilver, #americandemocracy, #americanhistory, #billofrights, #censorship, #china, #constitution, #currentevents, #darylmorey, #guiminhai, #history, #nba, #politics, #repression, #rights, #tweets, #ushistory, Commentary, Modern World History, news

The NBA, Chinese Repression, Hong Kong Protests and Lessons in American Liberty

The Chinese repression that has come to light in the recent controversy with the NBA and protests in Hong Kong offers a reminder of how fortunate Americans are.

American History Commentary

John McNeer February 20, 2018February 15, 2023 0 Comments #americanpolitics, #politics, #slavery, #virginia, Abraham Lincoln, American History, Boston, Civil War, Commentary, Compromise of 1850, Emancipation, fugitive slave, Fugitive Slave Act, Law, Massachusetts, Missouri Compromise, popular sovereignty, Shadrach Minkins, Stephen Douglass, US History

Black History Month: The Case of Shadrach Minkins and an Omen of Things to Come

The Fugitive Slave Act initiated the final steps towards the Civil War