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Taxation without representation, standing armies, suspending legislatures, and so much more - these were all symptoms of a much greater, underlying issue - the British claim of power over the colonies “in all cases whatsoever.”

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 Townshend Acts - and much more.

United States - Native Resistance, Assimilation, Sovereignty: The other major players in this struggle for control of North America were, of course, the American Indians. Modern historians no longer see the encounters between Native Americans and Europeans through the old lens in which “discoverers of a New World” find a “wilderness” inhabited by “savages.” Instead they see a story of different cultures interacting, with the better-armed Europeans eventually subduing the local popula...

Alexander Hamilton wanted a central government with unlimited power. And although he didn’t get it on paper, he still pushed for it in other ways after ratification. As a result, today we live under the largest government in history.

Whats so significant about July 4? Heres a quick look at how taxes and tea contributed to a break from Great Britain, resulting in American Independence Day.

Once America gained independence, Britain started shipping its convicts to Australia instead and started building a new nation

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Even though most people seem to believe it - and the government definitely acts as if it were true, federal law is not “always supreme” - all the time. Arguing in support of that requires ignoring the words of the supremacy clause - and the history of the American Revolution, which was a rejection of this kind of unlimited, centralized power.

Depictions of "The Boston Massacre" and the accompanying propaganda roused strong emotions among colonists.

The colonies found themselves saddled with what they believed was an unfair obligation to help pay for the cost of the French and Indian War.