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The Satirical Genius of Benjamin Franklin’s 1774 Letter to Lord North

By: Mike Maharrey   “A friend to military government.” That’s not what we’d expect from one of the leading supporters of American independence, but that’s just how Benjamin Franklin signed his ...

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Prelude to Independence: Thomas Jefferson Declares British Acts Null and Void

By: Mike Maharrey     “The British parliament has no right to exercise authority over us.”  At all. This was the bold conclusion Thomas Jefferson came to in his powerful pamphlet A ...

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