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American inventions have shaped the modern world. You just have to ask yourself: What have Americans invented? When you call someone on the phone, when you watch TV, when you hop on a plane or in a car, when you turn on your AC, when you drink a bottle of Coke, or right now when […]
On March 5, 1770, tensions between the American colonists and the British boiled over in Boston. British troops were stationed in the major port city to enforce crippling new taxes and trade regulations. Colonists saw the soldiers as an occupying force. The situation grew more volatile after a British customs officer killed Christopher Seider, an […]
In 1790, just a few years after the Constitution was ratified, the United States granted its first patent. President George Washington signed a patent for a process to make fertilizer production better and more efficient, invented by Vermont native Samuel Hopkins. Our young nation was experiencing many tests in its early years. Our borders were […]
About 400 Tennesseans gathered recently in Nashville for AFP–Tennessee’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” event, a celebration of the ideas that built America and a reminder that the responsibility to protect them now belongs to us. Lara Trump headlined the event, joining AFP’s Katelyn Bledsoe for a conversation about what makes America exceptional. […]
Fort Hood, Texas. July 1944. A young Black officer from the 761st “Black Panthers” Tank Battalion is getting his men ready for deployment to Europe. Despite the racial bias in the U.S. Army, he knew his men were more than ready to fight for liberty and send the German army back to Berlin. Then one […]
“Give me liberty or give me death.” Most Americans know the line, but on March 23, 1775, the speaker stood inside St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia, addressing the Second Virginia Convention. At the time, the colonies were locked in a growing standoff with Great Britain. British troops were already stationed in Boston, and tensions […]
The year is 1767. You’re John Dickinson, a Pennsylvania lawyer, finishing a day at your office, when you hear the news: Parliament has raised taxes on the colonies — without your consent. The Townshend Acts make everyday items like paper, tea, paint, and glass much more expensive at the order of lawmakers you did not […]
America turns 250 this year. On this key date, we should all ask ourselves one question: Will we take our one small step to protect the ideas that make the American Dream possible? At Americans for Prosperity, we’re already taking leaps. One month into AFP’s “One Small Step” campaign, it’s clear that people across the […]
America turns 250 years old this summer. Across the country, families will celebrate — take out the old Betsy Ross flag, watch local parades, and be part of this historic moment. We should be very proud of that. After all, America is the only country that was founded on the promise that every person has […]
