“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.”
Refuse to comply. That’s exactly what the people did to bring down the Stamp Act once it went into effect on November 1, 1765. We’ve all heard about the fiery protests and the bold resistance, but there was so much more to the story. On this episode, learn their...
“A nullification of the act is THE rightful remedy.” That’s how Thomas Jefferson said we should respond to any federal act that goes beyond the limits of the Constitution. But here’s the thing – Jefferson wasn’t inventing something new in 1798. He was reminding...
A name almost totally forgotten today, John Dickinson was famous – known as “The Penman of the American Revolution.” A true Lockean in support of liberty, life and property – he helped lead the opposition to the Stamp Act, the Declaratory Act, the...
The American colonists demonstrated the right way to take on big government in their response to the Stamp Act. Refuse to comply! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tenth Amendment Center (@tenthamendmentcenter) For More Information Oppose a Disease at its...
In the Virginia Resolutions of 1798, Jame Madison insisted that states were “in duty bound to interpose.” But this wasn’t a new idea. This spirit of resistance was an essential part of the American Revolution. View this post on Instagram A post...