Parhaat Christian Williams Podcastit (2024)

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Stop 8 - Bruton Parish Church 7:03

11y ago7:03

7:03

How this is the most important building in Williamsburg, where America's Founders worshiped together. Through their faith in Christ, the Founders came to realize that government should exist only to secure the individual's God given rights.

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Stop 7 - Govenor's Palace 6:42

11y ago6:42

6:42

How this residence of the British governor came to symbolize George III oppressive authority. How the Protestant Reformation and John Locke caused Englishmen to demand greater religious and political freedom culminating in the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

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Stop 6 - George Wythe House 4:19

11y ago4:19

4:19

How modern science was born out of the Protestant Reformation. How the greatest threat to a democratic outcome to the American Revolution came from General Washington's own officers.

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Stop 5 - The Courthouse 7:44

11y ago7:44

7:44

How the invasion of New York City by the British, accompanied by Hessian mercenaries, sparked the Declaration of Independence. How two surprising patriot victories in South Carolina set the wheels in motion for George Washington's victory at Yorktown.

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Stop 4 - The Powder Magazine 2:20

11y ago2:20

2:20

How the citizens of Williamsburg encountered an attempt to disarm them similar to the citizens of Lexington and Concord.

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Stop 3 - Raleigh Tavern 5:18

11y ago5:18

5:18

How as the "default" meeting place for the House of Burgesses, the Raleigh became the center of protest against George III and the British Parliament. How American patriots thought of themselves not as revolutionaries, but as Englishman being denies their rights by an absolute monarch.

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Stop 2 - The Capitol/House of Burgesses 6:21

11y ago6:21

6:21

How God raised up leaders for the American Revolution through colonial legislatures such as Virginia's House of Burgesses. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, James Madison, George Wythe, James Monroe and Peyton Randolph were all trained in the House of Burgesses between 1763 and 1776. How by focusing on God given individual rights,…

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Stop 1 - Presbyterian Meeting House 5:46

11y ago5:46

5:46

How the bedrock principle underpinning the American revolution "freedom of conscience" was first asserted here in 1765. How the "Great Awakening" enthroned a new King in the hearts of colonial Americans which prepared them for eight years of war no one thought they could win.