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Happy Birthdays USA
ROI.us Corporation
Category:
Education/Training
Publisher: ROI.us Corporation
ISBN-10: 0975262777
Type: Non-Fiction
Pages: 210
Copyright: Nov 15, 2009
ISBN-13: 9780975262788
Imagine a Secret Hippie Beginning:
Conceived in a Philadelphia Tavern, delivered from a New York City Tavern, and cradled in a renovated City Hall; the United States Founding, 1774 - 1789, was a complicated but most miraculous birth.
When is the birthday of the United States of America? “July 4th, 1776 ” any first grader would answer. So how old is the United States of America? “Let me see, 2009-1776, we are 233 years old, Happy Birthday United States of America!” Typically, the first time one learns that the answer may not be “The Fourth of July” is in junior high school during American history class. Here, students learn that the United Colonies of America actually declared their Independence on July 2nd and not the 4th. Next they learn that the constitutional formation of the United States of America, as a “Perpetual Union,” occurred under the Articles of Confederationon November 15, 1777. Furthermore, they are taught that this U.S. Constitution of 1777 wasn’t ratified until March 1, 1781. They then learn that it wasn’t until two years later that Great Britain conceded the independence of its American colonies with the September 3, 1783 signing of the Treaty of Paris .
To make matters more complex, each college student is reminded every year, by their universities, that the true birth date of the “more perfect” United States is September 17, 1787. This is a position taken by numerous prominent Americans from U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd to philanthropist Thomas S. Connelly. The U.S. Constitution of 1787, however,was not ratified by the required 2/3rds States until June 21, 1788. The United States Confederation government did not adopt it until July 2, 1788 which resolved that the new Constitution of 1787 would take effect on March 4, 1789. Finally, there is the question on whether or not the reformulation of the United States of America required all 13 States, rather than just nine, to ratify the current Constitution thus dissolving the Articles of Confederation. If this is the case, then Rhode Island’s ratification on May 29, 1790, thirteen months after George Washington took the Presidential Oath of Office, may be the true birthday of the United States of America.
So, when is the birthday of the United States of America? To discern the answer to this question it is first necessary to adopt a plausible definition for the word “birthday.” Since this inquiry concerns the United States, we turn to a historic American dictionary for verbal clarity. Noah Webster’s Dictionary defines birthday as, “The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement.” Since the U.S. is not a person, this work discovers and establishes the true “day of origin or commencement” of the United States of America.
You discover that:
- The United Colonies first caucused in The City Tavern, September 4, 1774.
- George Washington was elected Commander-in-Chief of the United Colonies of America on June 19, 1775.
- The Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms (Declaration of War) was issued by the Continental Congress on July 6, 1775.
- The United Colonies declared its independence twice, July 2nd & 4th, 1776.
- The First U.S. Constitution, the Articles of Confederation, was passed in York Pennsylvania on November 15, 1777 and was ratified on March 1, 1781.
- Delegates & Presidents were required to swear Oaths of Secrecy on all judicial, legislative, & executive matters that came before the unicameral U.S. Congress.
- U.S. Presidents were constitutionally elected each year but the nominations were, unofficially, rotated between the Northern and Southern States.
- U.S. Presidents were not paid & one declined to accept his elected office.
- Ten U.S. Presidents served before George Washington.
- The U.S. Dollar hyper-inflated from 1: 1 to 1000: 1 per Spanish Silver 8-reales Coin.
- It wasn't until the Treaty of Paris was ratified on Jan.14, 1784 by President Thomas Mifflin that foreign US trade missions were peacefully conducted.
- Although the US Constitution was finalized on Sept. 17, 1787, Rhode Island stayed unanimous ratification, as prescribed by the Articles of Confederation, until 13 months after President George Washington took office.
Excerpt
The Articles of Confederation was a kind of hippie constitution, a confederation of sovereign States that formed a “Perpetual Union” based on mutual respect and a central government with no taxing power. The central government also had no power to regulate trade between the States. The national government would have to ask the States for money to wage war, form a post office, establish federal departments, hire employees, maintain a judicial system and carry out host of laws Congress passed to govern the new United States of America. The States were expected, in a most gentlemanly fashion, to comply with all constitutional requests bequeathing the federal government with money and land to fund its national endeavors. The legislative, executive and judicial systems were all entrusted to one body the United States, in Congress Assembled. Each State had only one vote despite its population or its size, “all equal in the eyes of God.” Presidents served only one year and Congress rotated candidacy between North and South. The Presidents and Commander-in-Chief accepted only expenses for their services. It was a furtive commune where all members pledged secrecy and service for God and the people of their respective States.
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