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Today in History: Orangetown Resolutions Passed in Response to the Coercive Acts

Post author:Tenth Amendment Center
Post published:July 4, 2022
Post category:History Network Archives Sovereignty Tenth Amendment Center

While the Orangetown Resolutions only represented a small number of people in a single New York County, they succinctly articulated and cemented the revolutionary principles of constitutional fidelity, restraint of government power, and resistance to usurpation.

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The Struggle for American Independence: The First Continental Congress

Post author:Tenth Amendment Center
Post published:July 12, 2018
Post category:Network Archives Sovereignty Tenth Amendment Center

The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the colonies to determine a concerted response to the Intolerable Acts.

The Struggle for American Independence: The Intolerable Acts

Post author:Tenth Amendment Center
Post published:July 6, 2018
Post category:Network Archives Sovereignty Tenth Amendment Center

As the British seek vengeance upon Boston, they hope that their policies would do much to isolate patriot sentiments in Boston from the other colonies, preventing interference from other places. However, this episode expresses why such a plan backfired in a monumental way.