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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...
Exactly two years before passage of the Declaration of Independence, a short series of resolutions passed by residents of Orangetown, N.Y. set forth the foundational principles that supported the colonists’ quest for Independence. The resolutions were part of a...
On October 25, 1774, the first organized and public women’s political protest in American history. Organized primarily by Penelope Barker, 51 women signed a statement of protest vowing to give up tea and boycott other British products “until such time that all...
On October 14, 1774, the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress was adopted in response to the Coercive Acts passed by Parliament. It not only set the stage for further actions in the next 2 years, but also included principles and rights that can...
Today in history, on March 31, 1774, Britain began enforcement of the Boston Port Act, passed in response to the destruction of the tea a few months earlier. One of the Coercive Acts (or, as they’ve been called since, the “Intolerable Acts”), the law closed...