The US is a Scottish Enlightenment-and Smithian--Nation

[@jg4539]

Hearts bursting with pride to be Scottish. We have given so much to the world for such a small nation. As well as the content of this video, inventions such as phone, television, radar, penicillin, steam engine, road surfacing, bicycle, atm machines, to name just a few. PS dont forget John Muir the protector of national parks.😍

[@mortaj]

Most people have no idea that the Scots invented the telephone, tv, roads and many more... For Americans the Declaration of Independence is based on the Scottish Declaration of Indepence of 1320. Hence Tartan day.

[@alexanderbaillie7131]

Us Scots are everywhere giving the word & verses, we received a wealth of learning from the Templars who were well educated .

[@alec1113]

USA had 14 presidents elected by Congress before Washington. One such president, Arthur St .Clair was elected by Congress to serve as president from Feb 22nd to Oct 2nd, 1787 . Washington was the first to be elected by the people instead of Congress on April 30th, 1779, and served 2 terms . One final note Arthur St Clair was the only president not to be born in the USA . Thurso ,Caithness Scotland

[@georgejob7544]

We instituted a parish school after the Reformation in Scotland, in the 16th century! It was to ensure every Scot could read the Bible ! Educated population!

[@Valhalla88888]

The Scots in America the majority of the signatures on the American Constitution at least 57% or more had Scottish ancestry Alexander Hamilton was of Scottish ancestry as was many of the president's thank you Scotland 😀

[@Yirmawsbaws]

Proud to say that Adam Smith was born in my home town of Kirkcaldy.

[@georgejob2156]

Not only the Library of Congress,the British Library like the Library of Congress all receive a copy of every book published.

[@jamieduncombe9729]

Scottish Rite freemasonry has given me and the world so much smb

[@Valhalla88888]

Alexander Hamilton 🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 David Hume🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 worth also reading

[@jimf671]

Adam Smith never got to grips with what money really was. A range of anachronistic elements guided his position. Primarily, in spite of Scottish involvement in the landmark founding of a central bank in England, Scotland never had such a bank and the government-founded bank in Scotland was dedicated to public banking and trade rather than underpinning government spending. In that way, the scene was to some extent set for the major theme of Smith's work during the following century. In the field of banking and economics, one might conclude that the Scottish Enlightenment wasn't really over until a further century later when MacLeod, and later still Mitchell-Innes, swept aside the omissions or errors of Smith, Mill and others, and addressed the nature of money head on.