The Federal Farmer: The Constitution Would Lead to a Complete Consolidation
By: TJ Martinell During the debates over ratification of the Constitution, one of the most influential and important series of papers were written by the Federal Farmer, an anti-federalist who forcefully ...
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Arbitrary Government: How the Founders Defined Tyranny
By: Michael Boldin One of the grievances in the Declaration of Independence, the founders and old revolutionaries not only rejected the notion of “arbitrary” government, they considered it the definition of ...
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Lee Resolution and Independence
On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, introduced the Lee resolution in the Second Continental Congress proposing independence for the American colonies. Acting under the instruction of the ...
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Embracing what the Founders Sought to Destroy
By: Michael Boldin The Founding generation fought a long, bloody war to free themselves from an empire – the largest government in history at the time. Today, they’re probably rolling in ...
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Totally Dissolved: The Lee Resolution and the Declaration of Independence
By: Dave Benner Today in history, on July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress passed the Richard Henry Lee resolution, which called for ties between Great Britain and the American ...
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