History
The American Revolution was about much more than just having representatives to tax you. But that's pretty much all government-run schools teach. @mmaharrey10th pic.twitter.com/pFR0UQvRyz
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A Revolution in Thought
If all you have to go on is your high school history class, you probably think the American Revolution was all about “taxation without representation.” That was part of it, but there was also a deeper revolution – as John Adams described it, a...
Free Speech Under Attack: The Sedition Act of 1798
On July 14, 1798 – John Adams signed the Sedition Act into law. This is one of the most egregious violations of the Constitution in history – criminalizing free speech and the press just years after the 1st Amendment was ratified. Path to Liberty: July 14,...
Free and Independent States
Today in 1776 the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress. This transpired two days after the passage of the Richard Henry Lee resolution, which made all political ties with Great Britain “totally dissolved.” The document was a...Free and Independent States: The colonies seceded from Great Britain as 13 individual, sovereign nations. @mmaharrey10th#independenceday #declarationofindependence #history #liberty #july4th pic.twitter.com/SiP6g2b0OS
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The Most Important (and Missed) Part of the Declaration of Independence
We tend to focus on the philosophical stuff at the beginning of the Declaration of Independence.. But the most important part comes as the very end – the declaration itself. Free and Independent States: The colonies seceded from Great Britain as 13 individual,...