“Slavery is ever preceded by sleep”

For the old revolutionaries, a government that could define its own limits, take property at will – an arbitrary power – was the very definition of a tyranny, reducing the people “to the most abject slavery.” In their view, liberty could only exist in a society that’s awake, aware, and actively engaged – in both supporting freedom, and resisting attempts to restrict it.

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First of the Founding Four: Continental Association

Strategy for responding to the largest government in history – right from the founders and old revolutionaries. Learn about the Continental Association, approved by the First Continental Congress on Oct 20, 1774. It was the first of four major founding documents, along with the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution for the United States.

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