History
1666 Cestui Que Vie Act
The Cestui Que Vie Trust is established by declaring a person dead, missing, or lost at sea in accordance to the CQV Act of 1666. After the discovery of America, many Englishmen and women were traveling overseas to establish new colonies. Because they often never returned to England, the land owners and lessors needed a way to recoup their land or the rental properties once abandoned. The CQV Trust was then created to hold the value of the person's estate until such time as they reclaimed their estate with interest by proving themselves still alive.
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1776 Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was designed for multiple audiences: the King, the colonists, and the world. The goals were to rally the troops, win foreign allies, and to announce the creation of a new country. They appointed a Committee of Five to write an announcement explaining the reasons for independence. Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft. John Dunlap, official printer to Congress, worked through the night to set the Declaration in type and print approximately 200 copies. Approximately three months later, the document reached the King of England, George III.
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1779 Naturalization Act
The Naturalization Act was written by Thomas Jefferson to declare who should be deemed citizens, asserting the natural right of expatriation, and prescribing the mode of exercising it. The bill was quickly passed by both houses and became the Naturalization Act of 1779. The Act was later repealed and rewritten to limit migration of certain persons such as those who took up arms against the Americans during the war.
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1787 First Constitution
The first Constitution was written in secrecy in 1787 and revised the Articles of Confederation by fifty–five delegates from 12 states. By 1788, the document was ratified and in 1789, became the structure for the first government of the united States of America.
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1814 Star Spangled Banner
The Star Spangled Banner was first written as a poem by Francis Scott Key. After a long night of war off the coast of Baltimore, Maryland, the American Flag could still be seen flying over Fort McHenry. This meant that the British attackers had been held off all night. Music was added later from existing music by John Stafford Smith.
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1861-1865 American Revolution: Civil War
The Civil War between the Northern and Southern states of the Union was mainly over the subject of slavery. The Northern Union states wanted them to be free, while the Southern Confederate states needed slaves to work their farms and plantations. Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860 and ran on a campaign that opposed slavery. This was the final straw for the Southern states who proceeded to secede from the Union and fought to keep their slaves under their control.
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1862 Stamp Duties
While the British Parliament attempted a Stamp Act in 1765 in order to tax their colonies, Congress approved their own Stamp Act in 1862 and amended the Act in 1863. This required that all instruments, documents, and papers must have an adhesive stamp to show the tax had been paid. The stamp then had to be initialed and dated before the document would be allowed as evidence in a court of law.
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1863 Emancipation Proclamation
At the height of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln gave a speech that would become known as the Emancipation Proclamation. The Presidential proclamation gave the Southern states an ultimatum to return to their allegiance to the Union or their slaves would all be declared free. Unfortunately, the news of the proclamation took over two years to reach all of the Southern states and not surprisingly, none of the states had declared allegiance to the Union by the deadline. As a result, all slaves were declared free before most states even knew about the ultimatum.
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1865 – 1877 Reconstruction
As the Southern states were reintegrated into the Union, new state governments had to be created, property had to be returned (except for slaves), and the Confederate debt had to be eliminated. While Lincoln tried to integrate the new free population, the newly elected President, Andrew Johnson, tried to restore political rights by offering many pardons. Johnson also left much of the Reconstruction period up to the states which tried to reinstate discipline of their workers by requiring they all sign one–year contracts. The Freedman's Bureau was created to help integrate the previous slaves and all natural born Americans were then considered National Citizens with equality under the law.
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1871 Organic Act of Washington D.C.
The individual city charters for Washington and Georgetown were repealed and the District of Columbia was established as a ten mile square piece of land for the new Territorial Government.
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1871 Second Constitution
With the proposal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Constitutional Amendments, the government allowed for use of force to protect the newly freed slaves as a part of the Reconstruction Era. This and the Treaty of Washington and Britain which paid for Civil War damages, helped to bring in the Territorial Constitution and later the Municipal Constitution.
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1874 Civil Flag of Peacetime
While many versions of the American flag were flying around the country, there was no official flag. A U.S. Customs house began flying the Civil Peace–time Flag which is described in the Preface of the book titled “the Scarlet Letter”.
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1892 The Geary Act: Identification
The Geary Act required Chinese workers to carry identification papers which had to be witnessed by two white Americans to prove their immigration status.
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1925 The U.S. Corporation
After the first World War, the United States Corporation filed Articles of Incorporation in the State of Florida. The addresses of the board members were in New York and the business office was in Tallahassee, Florida. This allowed the government to do business in the Continental United States territories and the District of Columbia.
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1933 The Emergency Bank Act
Congress recognized that the United States was having a national emergency in banking and needed a uniform remedy to keep the government operating smoothly. During a time of war or any other period of national emergency, the President has the power to create rules and regulations as he sees necessary. This went back to the Act of October 6, 1917 when the first World War was in full force.
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1935 The Social Security Act
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law in order to establish pensions, welfare, and disability payments as well as public health programs and for “other purposes.” The Social Security Administration works closely with the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department to establish rules and regulations. These statutes and codes are divided amongst the three agencies to confuse the average person and make finding a certain instruction rather difficult.
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1945 The Dead Baby Scam
In order to increase the monetary credit of the United States corporation, hospitals required their staff to register all post–natal material as still born or a dying person. The name used by the parents to register their child was duplicated as a fictitious person with an Estate given over to the government. This practice was copied from a similar program in England and was also happening in many other countries as well.
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1947 The B.A.R. Treaty
The American Bar Association was organized in 1878 to bring together all Bar Members within the United States and create "uniformity of legislation." The United Nations declared that ALL Bar members fall under the UN and International Law.
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1948 Human Rights
At the end of the Second World War, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly and guarantees fundamental and universally protected rights which are applied on a permanent basis at the global and regional levels.
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1960 Wartime Flag
Between 1777 and 1960 there were 27 versions of the "official" United States flag. The flag flown today contains 7 red stripes alternating with 6 white stripes and a field of blue in the upper left corner with 50 evenly spaced rows and columns of white five–pointed stars representing the states of the Union.
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1973 Emergency War Act
The 93rd Congress declares the United States is still operating under FOUR proclamations of National Emergency from 1933, 1950, 1970, and 1971. As a result, all Presidents are able to make their own rules called Executive Orders to control various aspects of government.
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