American Cincinnatus: A Victorious General Refuses a Crown
By: Joe Wolverton, II On December 4, 1783, at Fraunces Tavern, the popular public house located at the corner of Pearl and Broad Streets in Manhattan, General George Washington delivered ...
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No Obedience is Due: The Suffolk Resolves of 1774
By: Michael Boldin “No obedience is due from this province to either or any part of the acts above-mentioned, but that they be rejected as the attempts of a wicked administration ...
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Forgotten Foundation: The Story of Small Things Grow Great by Concord
By: Michael Boldin How do you beat the biggest government in history? The founders did it, but they knew there’s no silver bullet. The path to liberty isn’t flashy. It’s ...
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You Can’t Comply Your Way Out of Tyranny
By: Michael Boldin “A little rebellion now and then is a good thing.” Jefferson didn’t just say it – he meant it, even when he opposed the cause. Because the ...
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Totally Dissolved: The Forgotten Vote for Independence
By: Michael Boldin We celebrate Independence on the Fourth of July. But the actual vote to secede from the British Empire and become “free and independent states” – happened on ...
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Patrick Henry’s Virginia Resolves of 1765: Spark of the Revolution
By: Michael Boldin “Not bound to yield obedience.” That was no mere slogan. It was a warning – and a call to action printed across the colonies in 1765. The ...
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How Tyranny Parades as Law
By: Michael Boldin “Law is often but the tyrant’s will and always so when it violates the rights of an individual.” Thomas Jefferson warned us. The biggest crimes against liberty ...
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Virginia Association of 1769: A Step Toward Continental Unity
By: Mike Maharrey In May 1769, Virginia took a decisive step beyond carefully worded protests by launching an organized and strategic boycott against British goods. Led by George Washington and ...
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The Tea Act of 1773 Was a Test of Obedience
By: Michael Boldin On May 10, 1773, the British Parliament passed the Tea Act. To the average observer, it seemed like a break. Cheaper tea. A financial rescue for ...
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Precedent: Letting Yesterday’s Crimes Justify Tomorrow’s Tyranny
By: Michael Boldin “One of the vilest systems that can be set up.” That’s how Thomas Paine described government by precedent – when government uses power not because it’s authorized, ...
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