| 1514: The years after Columbus "discovered" America and Spanish priests and conquistadors spanned out through the Caribbean and beyond, bringing Christian salvation to the native population and shipping gold and silver back to Spain. What was unknown then but has since been discovered by archeological digs is that millions of Native Americans perished during this period from diseases imported from Europe to which they had no immunity. 1760-1761: This was a transition period from the end of the French and Indian War into the revolutionary fervor that eventually produced the American Revolution. “Taxation without representation” is what most history books emphasize about this period, but if you dig deeper, you’ll find that it was the lack of a currency that made life in the American colonies so difficult. The British rulers insisted the colonists use British money but it was in such short supply in the colonies, it greatly hampered the commerce necessary to function. Every time the colonists created their own form of money, the “Lords of Trade and Plantations” were dispatched from London to destroy it. By the mid-1700s, the British Government owed the Bank of England (prototype of the Fed’s debt-based system) 140,000,000 pounds. The King did not have enough taxpayers to service this national debt, so he looked across the Atlantic to the colonies for help. It was at this time that the colonies were experimenting with the issuance of their own debt-free money, and were not happy being saddled with the King’s war debts. Ben Franklin was sent to London in 1757, as Pluto was within orb of a conjunction with the Galactic Center, and when called to speak to Parliament, said:In the colonies, we issue our own paper money. It is called "Colonial Script." We issue it in proper proportion to make the goods pass easily from the producers to the consumers. In this manner, creating ourselves our own paper money, we control its purchasing power and we have no interest to pay to no one. |