“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 First Continental Congress – a convention of delegates from the colonies to determine a concerted response to the Intolerable Acts. Two basic political factions developed in the Congress, which thwarted the type of radical opposition to...
In this episode, I cover the Coercive Acts – referred to in modern times as the Intolerable Acts. These were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in early 1774 to punish the colonies (especially Massachusetts), for the destruction of tea. I cover the...
