Writs, Riots, and Redcoats: Hancock’s Spark of the Revolution
In an early confrontation between the customs officials and John Hancock, the British hoped that flexing their muscles would teach the colonists a lesson and cow them into submission. They were wrong. Instead, the crackdown sparked a willingness to physically resist...
Mercantilism and the Road to the American Revolution
The American Revolution was not merely a clash over taxation without representation, but a rejection of a deeply entrenched economic system that positioned Britain as the mother country, exploiting its colonies to amass wealth and power. This system called...
Geofence Warrants: A High-Tech Repeat From the Revolution
Judges across the U.S. are issuing search warrants that effectively authorize police to search broad geographical areas to determine who was near a given place at a given time. In practice, these warrants give police permission to use Google location data to engage in...