Was the Constitution Sold on a Lie? Shays’ Rebellion and Ratification
Shays’ Rebellion was repeatedly cited by Federalists as a primary reason to replace the Articles of Confederation with a Constitution with a stronger central government. But what if the threat was exaggerated? Anti-Federalists sure thought so. In this episode,...
Top 3 Anti-Federalist Arguments: Controversy over the Constitution
Was the Constitution a recipe for tyranny? That’s what Patrick Henry, Brutus, Federal Farmer and many other Anti-Federalists feared. In this episode, we’ll explore three of their top arguments against ratification and their warnings about centralized power...
Did the Founders Ignore their own Warnings on Consolidation?
Consolidation – we were warned – would guarantee a destruction of liberty. But many founders seemed to believe they could pull off a โproperโ or โpartialโ consolidation and not get a system of โunremitted despotism.โ Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition:...