10th Amendment Essentials: Sovereignty and Resistance
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” Before the Tenth Amendment was even drafted or considered, supporters of the Constitution told the...
The Midnight Ride of Jack Jouett that Saved Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry
Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of — Jack Jouett? Jouett’s mission, like that of his more famous fellow horseman, was to warn American patriots of the approaching attack by British regulars. While most people have heard of Paul Revere and...
Today in History: Patrick Henry’s Give Me Liberty Speech
Today in history, on March 23, 1775, tensions in Virginia were at their highest point during the imperial crisis with Britain. The House of Burgesses, the state’s elected assembly, was about to make a bold decision – to commit its militia to the cause of independence....