Vintage

Understanding the Constitution and people who created it is essential to maintaining our Constitutional Republic. On the first day of class, campers are given a copy of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. These documents are referred to frequently throughout the week, and campers are encouraged to read them thoroughly on their own.

• We teach that we are “one nation under God.” God therefore grants our rights to us; they are not given to us by the government.
• The influence of the Mayflower compact, other early documents, and early Christian settlers, on the development of our government is discussed.
• Early American leaders, such as George Washington, John Quincy Adams, and James Madison, are extolled as heroes and founders.
• Our Constitution establishes a Republic (the rule of law) and not a Democracy (the rule of the majority).
• American Federalism embodies such principles as, the separation of powers, fundamental written law, enumerated powers, and checks and balances on those powers.
• A review of the major events in early American history is laid out for the campers.
• The roles of all three branches of government are taught in detail, with a discussion of, checks and balances, and limitations of each branch.
• The Federalist Papers are frequently referenced to reveal the careful deliberation exercised in drafting the Constitution.
• Morality and self-control are essential to our form of government. As John Adams so eloquently put it, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” We practice this in all aspects of the Freedom Generation experience.
• Basic free market economics is taught. Money, wealth, economy, capital, commodities and fiat money are defined and discussed.

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