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Today in History: Boston Resolution Against Helping Redcoats Passed

by Mike Maharrey | Sep 27, 2023 | American Revolution, History, Strategy

On September 27, 1774, a meeting of the Committees of Correspondence of Boston and a dozen neighboring towns passed a resolution condemning any colonists assisting the Red Coats and calling for measures to oppose them. This was one of many resolutions passed during...

Refuse to Cooperate: How the Colonies Responded to the Boston Port Act

by Mike Maharrey | May 31, 2022 | American Revolution

James Madison gave us a blueprint to stop “unwarrantable” government actions (or even “warrantable” actions that happen to be unpopular) in Federalist #46. Madison wrote that “a refusal to cooperate with officers of the union” would...

A Colonial Pamphlet Helps Show Why the Constitution’s Necessary and Proper Clause Granted No Power

by Rob Natelson | Feb 20, 2019 | Constitution, Necessary and Proper Clause

As I have noted before (for example, here and here) pamphlets written in support of the colonial cause during the years 1763-1774 help us greatly in understanding the language of the Constitution. Unfortunately, most constitutional writers regularly overlook those...

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Today in History: Boston Resolution Against Helping Redcoats Passed

Refuse to Cooperate: How the Colonies Responded to the Boston Port Act

A Colonial Pamphlet Helps Show Why the Constitution’s Necessary and Proper Clause Granted No Power

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