History
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 โtotally dissolved.โ It also called for...
TREASON: How Patrick Henry Ignited the Revolution
In 1765, after the British passed the Stamp Act, a 29-year-old freshman legislator in Virginia named Patrick Henry pushed back – hard. His Virginia Resolves didnโt just protest a tax; they rejected Parliamentโs power outright and called for resistance. โIf this...
BLASTING Hamilton’s National Bank: John Taylor’s Forgotten Takedown
In 1794, John Taylor of Caroline launched a direct assault on Alexander Hamiltonโs entire financial regime – the national bank, the debt, the funding system, the whole machine. He called it a โpolitical papacy,โ a new aristocracy built on paper money, perpetual...
Government Attacks on Private Property
A recent Supreme Court oral argument about the liability of the FBI for invading and terrorizing the wrong home has brought to mind the dark and dangerous history of law enforcement. The practice of British agents rummaging through the private possessions on the...