8 Untold Ideas That Made America Free—and the One Crisis That Could Destroy It [Including the Pilgrim’s Failed Socialist Experience]

Huey ReportAmerica, Christianity, Declaration of Independence, Freedom, Great Awakening, History, Mayflower Compact

▶ Key Takeaways The American Revolution did not suddenly begin in 1776. Its foundational ideas had been developing for more than 150 years. The Mayflower Compact established the revolutionary principle that people could govern themselves through mutual consent—without a monarch imposing his will upon them. America’s most indispensable idea is that individual rights come from our Creator, not government. The …