“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
In this episode, I cover the Writs of the Assistance, one of the first points of dispute between colonial sentiment and the British authorities – at least in Boston. In doing so, I revisit James Otis’ fierce resistance toward the writs in 1761, paving the way...
This is the first in a series of lessons on the American Revolution. In this episode, I set the stage for the Revolution with a breakdown of the various colonies. People tend to view the colonies as essentially homogeneous, but in fact, they differed significantly in...
