Founding Fathers


The Forgotten Resolutions That Actually Started Independence

The Forgotten Resolutions That Actually Started Independence

On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee stood before the Continental Congress with a resolution declaring that the united colonies were free and independent states, and that all political connection between them and Great Britain was โ€œtotally dissolved.โ€ It also called for...
Taxation Will Bleed You Dry: Anti-Federalist Warnings Ignored

Taxation Will Bleed You Dry: Anti-Federalist Warnings Ignored

More than a century before the 16th Amendment and the IRS, the Anti-Federalists warned that the Constitutionโ€™s taxing power would be used to bleed the people dry and consolidate power. Luther Martin, George Mason, Cato, and others saw it coming – unlimited...