Stopping Usurpation: The Forgotten Power of Non-Compliance
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...
The Stamp Act Nullified: Colonial Resistance in Action
Refuse to comply. That’s exactly what the people did to nullify the Stamp Act, which took effect on November 1, 1765. We’ve 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...
Patrick Henry’s Virginia Resolves: Bedrock Principles of American Liberty
On his 29th birthday – May 29, 1765 – Patrick Henry helped spark the American Revolution. His Virginia Resolves against the Stamp Act didn’t just defy British rule – they laid down bedrock principles that would become cornerstones of American...