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The Tea Act of 1773 Was a Test of Obedience

The Tea Act of 1773 Was a Test of Obedience

by Michael Boldin | May 10, 2025 | Alexander Hamilton, American Revolution, History

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 the struggling East India Company. A convenient solution. But to the American Revolutionaries, it was a trap. And Benjamin...
Precedent: Letting Yesterday’s Crimes Justify Tomorrow’s Tyranny

Precedent: Letting Yesterday’s Crimes Justify Tomorrow’s Tyranny

by Michael Boldin | Apr 30, 2025 | Founding Principles, History

“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, but because someone else got away with it first. No constitution. No...
Forgotten Foundation of the Revolution: Letters from a Farmer

Forgotten Foundation of the Revolution: Letters from a Farmer

by Mike Maharrey | Dec 2, 2024 | American Revolution, Founding Principles, John Dickinson

John Dickinson’s Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania rank among the most important essays espousing the cause of liberty during the American Revolution. Yet, today – few people have read or even heard of them.  Written in response to the Townshend Acts,...
Remembering John Dickinson: “One of the great worthies of the revolution”

Remembering John Dickinson: “One of the great worthies of the revolution”

by Michael Boldin | Nov 13, 2024 | Founding Principles, History, John Dickinson

“We cannot be happy without being FREE.”  Those words from John Dickinson, known as the “Penman of the Revolution,” reflect his belief that LIBERTY is the foundation of everything else. Once almost as famous as Benjamin Franklin, Dickinson is almost...
Stopping Usurpation: The Forgotten Power of Non-Compliance

Stopping Usurpation: The Forgotten Power of Non-Compliance

by Michael Boldin | Nov 6, 2024 | Founding Principles

You can’t comply your way out of tyranny. This principle – central to the American Revolution – has been almost totally forgotten and ignored. And it was also forcefully repeated and reiterated a century later by Lysander Spooner. The following are the top...
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