This Wasn’t a Request. It Was a Refusal.
The First Continental Congress met in 1774 to respond to the hated Coercive Acts – Parliament’s brutal punishment for the Boston Tea Party. They had a decision: submit to tyranny, or resist. Their answer was the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental...
3 Key Elements from the American Revolution for Successful Nullification Today
Responding to the Coercive Acts of 1774 – the “Intolerable Acts” – the old revolutionaries were organized, coordinated – and very strategic in their approach. We’d do well to learn what they considered essential elements for...
How they Dealt with Collaborators
In the years leading up to the War for Independence, the revolutionaries took an increasingly hostile stance against people who collaborated with or helped the British. And no, it wasn’t just tarring and feathering. Path to Liberty: September 27, 2023...