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The Struggle for American Independence: The Townshend Acts

Post author:Tenth Amendment Center
Post published:May 24, 2018
Post category:Network Archives Sovereignty Tenth Amendment Center

In this episode, I cover the Townshend Acts, the crafty attempt by Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend to enact taxes which would allay some of the colonists’ arguments against parliamentary taxation. Introduced here is John Dickinson, a lawyer from Pennsylvania, who would play a critical role in the struggle. I also cover other Townshend…

From the Stamp Act to the Tea Party: What the Old Revolutionaries Can Teach us for Today

Post author:Tenth Amendment Center
Post published:December 20, 2017
Post category:Network Archives Sovereignty Tenth Amendment Center

Until at least the 1960s or so, the "progressive school" of history suggested that we totally ignore the views and works of old revolutionaries like Samuel Adams and James Otis.

Nullify Chapter 1: Small Things Grow Great by Concord

Post author:Tenth Amendment Center
Post published:October 27, 2016
Post category:Network Archives Sovereignty Tenth Amendment Center

How to stop the feds? The first step comes from John Dickinson, the “Penman of the Revolution.”