The Sermon That Laid the Groundwork for the American Revolution
โRebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.โย Just after the Declaration of Independence was adopted in 1776, a committee of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin worked to design a great seal for the United States โ and their proposal included that...
The Stamp Act Nullified: Colonial Resistance in Action
Refuse to comply.ย Thatโs exactly what the people did to nullify the Stamp Act, which took effect on November 1, 1765. Weโve all heard about the fiery protests, the bold resistance, hanging in effigy of stamp distributors and the like, but there was so much more to...
Blueprint: Rhetoric and Resistance Against the Townshend Acts
“The right of the people, to resist an unconstitutional law, is absolute and unqualified, from the moment the law is enacted.โ Lysander Spooner penned this line in 1850, but he was tapping into a fundamental principle that evolved during the Revolution –...