Mercantilism and the Road to the American Revolution
The American Revolution was not merely a clash over taxation without representation, but a rejection of a deeply entrenched economic system that positioned Britain as the mother country, exploiting its colonies to amass wealth and power. This system called...
Tench Coxe: States and People as Checks on Federal Power
In his fourth essay of “An American Citizen,” Tench Coxe countered Anti-Federalist fears of federal tyranny by arguing that the Constitution’s structure kept the people and the states as the ultimate checks on federal power. Anti-Federalists repeatedly argued...
Tench Coxe Defends the Structure of the House of Representatives
Countering Anti-Federalist fears that Congress wouldn’t represent the diverse interests of the American population, Tench Coxe came out swinging, insisting that the House would be “the immediate delegates of the people” and calling it a “popular assembly.” He made...