The Battle of Gonzales Begins the Texas Battle for Independence: “Come and Take It”
On October 2, 1835, the growing tensions between Mexico and Texas erupt into violence when Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, sparking …
The Great Moon Hoax: The NY Sun Begins Publishing Fake News Articles About Lunar Creatures
The Great Moon Hoax, as it has become known, was published in the New York Sun over several days in the summer of 1835. It claimed to …
The Liberty Bell is Cracked at the Funeral of Chief Justice John Marshall who Usurped the Constitution with the God-like Power of “Judicial Review”
The most common story is that the Liberty Bell cracked July 8, 1835, while being rung at the funeral of Chief Justice John Marshall, perhaps …
Andrew Jackson’s Message to the Seminoles
My Children: I am sorry to have heard that you have been listening to bad counsel. You know me, and you know that I would …
Slavery Abolition Act: Slavery Abolished in the British Empire
On 3 August 1835, somewhere in the City of London, two of Europe’s most famous bankers came to an agreement with the chancellor of the …
A Secret Meeting of Prominent Business Men Took Place in Boston, MA Regarding the Education System
On the night of June 9, 1834, a group of prominent men “chiefly engaged in commerce” gathered privately in a Boston drawing room to discuss …
Andrew Jackson: “The Bank of the United States… Prevent(s)…Political Institutions from Securing the Freedoms of the Citizen”
President Andrew Jackson had Secretary Taney read a statement to the Cabinet that Jackson and Taney had prepared on why the deposits should be removed, …
Rev. Jasper Adams gives Sermon titled, “The Relation of Christianity to Civil Government in the United States”
Rev. Jasper Adams gives a sermon to his congregation titled, “The Relation of Christianity to Civil Government in the United States,” on February 13, 1833. …
Benjamin Franklin Begins Publishing Poor Richard’s Almanack
Benjamin Franklin announced in The Pennsylvania Gazette that he had just printed and published the first edition of The Poor Richard, by Richard Saunders, Philomath.[4] Franklin published the first Poor Richard’s …
Brotherhood of Death / Order of Skull and Bones Established at Yale University by William Russell and Alphonso Taft
It all began at Yale. In 1832, General William Huntington Russell and Alphonso Taft put together a super secret society for the elite children of …