IT WAS GUN CONTROL: Not Taxes.
They want you to think the War for Independence was about taxes. The truth? The fighting started with gun control. On April 19, 1775 – at Lexington and Concord – the patriots fought back against long-standing usurpations of power, now being enforced...
The Forgotten Law That Caused the American Revolution
On March 18, 1766, the British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act – but on the very same day, they passed something far more dangerous: the Declaratory Act. This law claimed Parliament had the power to make laws “in all cases whatsoever” over the...
The Forgotten Boston Massacre Speech They Wanted to Silence
In 1771, James Lovell stood before a massive crowd in Boston to deliver a speech commemorating the first anniversary of the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770. His oration left no room for compromise: warning against standing armies, defending the peopleโs right to bear...