When government-run schools teach that the American Revolution was mostly about “taxation without representation,” the underlying message is clear: today, you have representatives, so if you don’t like what they do, just get new ones. But this ignores a deeper cause – a centuries-old system called mercantilism. Murray Rothbard described it as “a system of statism using economic fallacy to build up imperial power through monopolies and special privileges.” This was a significant part of the real foundation of colonial grievances, long before the Stamp Act and tea taxes ever sparked broader resistance and calls for independence.
Path to Liberty: August 19, 2024
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Maharrey – Mercantilism and the Road to the American Revolution
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Thomas Jefferson – Summary View of the Rights of British America
James Madison – Report of 1800 (7 Jan 1800)
John C. Miller – Origins of the American revolution
James A. Northington – Forging a Revolution: John Taylor at Sarum
George H. Smith – Americans with Attitudes: Smuggling in Colonial America
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Samuel Adams – Instructions to Boston’s Representatives (28 May 1764)
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