Resources

American History to 1865

R. J. Rushdoony

August 16, 2016

These lectures are the most theologically complete assessment of early American history available, yet retain a clarity and vividness of expression that make them ideal for students. R.J. Rushdoony reveals a foundation of American History of philosophical and theological substance. He describes not just the facts of history, but the leading motives and movements in terms of the thinking of the day. This series extends through 1865, the year that marked the beginning of the secular attempts to rewrite history. There can be no understanding of American History without an understanding of the ideas which undergirded its founding and growth.

1
Motives of Discovery & Exploration I
Topics:American History, Government, Constitution, The
2
Motives of Discovery & Exploration II
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Government
3
Mercantilism
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Economics, Government
4
Feudalism, Monarchy & Colonies/The Fairfax Resolves 1-8
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Economics, Government
5
The Fairfax Resolves 9-24
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Economics, Government
6
The Declaration of Independence & Articles of Confederation
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Economics, Government
7
George Washington: A Biographical Sketch
Topics:American History, Biography, Constitution, The, Economics, Government
8
The U.S. Constitution, I
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Government
9
The U.S. Constitution, II
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Government
10
De Toqueville on Inheritance & Society
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Government, Economics, Culture
11
Voluntary Associations & the Tithe
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Government
12
Eschatology & History
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Eschatology, Government
13
Postmillennialism & the War of Independence
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Government, Eschatology
14
The Tyranny of the Majority
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Culture , Eschatology, Government
15
De Toqueville on Race Relations in America
Topics:American History, Church History, Constitution, The, Culture , Education, Government
16
The Federalist Administrations
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Government, Economics
17
The Voluntary Church, I
Topics:American History, Church, The, Constitution, The, Government
18
The Voluntary Church, II
Topics:American History, Church, The, Constitution, The, Government
19
The Jefferson Administration, the Tripolitan War & the War of 1812
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Government
20
Religious Voluntarism on the Frontier, I
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Culture , Government
21
Religious Voluntarism on the Frontier, II
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Culture , Government
22
The Monroe & Polk Doctrines
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Government
23
Voluntarism & Social Reform
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Government
24
Voluntarism & Politics
Topics:American History, Government, Constitution, The
25
Chief Justice John Marshall: Problems of Political Voluntarism
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Government, Economics
26
Andrew Jackson: His Monetary Policy
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Government, Economics
27
The Mexican War of 1846/Calhouns Disquisition
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Government
28
De Toqueville on Democratic Culture
Topics:Government, American History, Constitution, The, Culture
29
De Toqueville on Equality & Individualism
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Government, Culture
30
De Toqueville on Democracy & Power
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Government
31
Manifest Destiny
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Economics, Government
32
The Coming of the Civil War
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Government
33
De Toqueville on the Family
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Family & Marriage, Government
34
The Interpretation of History, I
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Government
35
The Interpretation of History, II
Topics:American History, Constitution, The, Government