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“To these grievous measures, Americans cannot submit.” That’s the bold declaration that helped spark a coordinated resistance across the colonies in 1774. On this episode, commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress, we’ll dive into what turned out to be not only a precursor to the Declaration of Independence, but the bill of rights too. Path to Liberty: October 14, 2024 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Join or Die T-Shirt Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress (14 Oct 1774) History.com – Parliament passes the Boston Port Act Mount Vernon – The Coercive (Intolerable) Acts of 1774 The Port Bill Received at Boston New York Committee of Fifty-One to the Boston Committee of Correspondence (23 May 1774) John Jay – Letter to John Vardill (23 May 1774) Joseph Hawley – Letter to John Adams (25 July 1774) Thomas Jefferson – A Summary View of the Rights of British America Episode – Null and Void: Thomas Jefferson’s 1774 Radical Declaration Joseph Hawley – Broken Hints, Letter to John Adams (Aug 1774) John Adams – Letter to William Wirt (23 Jan 1818) John Adams, Diary (5 Sept 1774) John Adams – Letter to Abigail Adams (16 Sept 1774) John Adams, Diary (6 Sept 1774) Notes of Debates in the Continental Congress (6 Sept 1774) Episode – It was Gun Control: The Powder Alarm and the Road to Independence Carpenter’s Hall – First Continental Congress Episode – Blueprint for Liberty: The Suffolk Resolves of 1774 John Adams Diary (17 Sept 1774) Episode – First of the Founding Four: Continental Association MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on TikTok Watch on LinkedIn FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post Forgotten 1774 Declaration: Precursor to Independence and Bill of Rights first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

“A vile and arbitrary aristocracy or monarchy” – that’s what the Anti-Federalist writer Cato warned we’d get. In a series of seven essays, he laid out his strongest arguments against ratification of the Constitution, predicting all kinds of abuses of power, and the destruction of liberty. In this episode, we’ll break down his forgotten warnings – which just might be more important than ever today. Path to Liberty: October 11, 2024 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Jason Mandresh – Founder of the Day – Cato I Federalist and Antifederalist: The Origin of the Terms Cato I (27 Sept 1787) Caesar I (1 Oct 1787) Cato II (11 Oct 1787) Episode – Myth Busted! Virginia, Not Congress, Called for the Philadelphia Convention Cato III (25 Oct 1787) Cato IV (8 Nov 1787) Cato V (22 Nov 1787) Episode – Oppress and Plunder: Antifederalist Brutus No. 3 Cato VI (13 Dec 1787) Cato VII (3 Jan 1788) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on TikTok Watch on LinkedIn FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post Cato vs the Constitution: Forgotten Anti-Federalist Arguments first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

Thomas Jefferson called the trial by jury as the only anchor ever imagined by man that can hold a government to the constitution. And jury nullification is how to get that done. In this episode, learn what it is, the history behind it and how it works. Plenty from the founders and old revolutionaries all the way to Lysander Spooner. Path to Liberty: October 9, 2024 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives T-Shirt: Jefferson, Nullification is the Rightful Remedy Fully Informed Jury Association – What is Jury Nullification John Jay – The State of Georgia v. Brailsford, et al. (1794) Thomas Jefferson – Notes on the State of Virginia (1781-82) Elbridge Gerry – Philadelphia Convention (12 Sept 1787) William Findley – Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention (8 Dec 1787) Declaration of Independence Clay S. Conrad – Trial by Jury Blackstone – Commentaries on the Laws of England Book 3 (1765-69) Brittany Hunter – Pacific Legal Foundation Blackstone – Commentaries Book II – Chapter 23 – Of the Trial by Jury Lysander Spooner, An Essay on the Trial by Jury (1852) George Mason – Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776) Theophilus Parsons – Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (23 Jan 1788) Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Paine (11 July 1789) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on TikTok Watch on LinkedIn FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post Jury Nullification: The People’s Secret Weapon Against Tyranny first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

Everyone’s heard of the Federalist Papers – Hamilton, Madison, Jay – but the most important Federalist speech in the entire ratification debate didn’t come from any of them. It came from James Wilson – a name most people have never even heard of. His 1787 State House Yard Speech laid the foundation for the entire Federalist playbook. In this episode, we’ll explore why he gave the speech, why it had such a huge impact, and dive into Wilson’s key arguments for the Constitution. Path to Liberty: October 4, 2024 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Tara Ross – James Wilson’s State House Speech Concordia University – A Daily Journal for Sept 29, 1787 Center for the Study of the American Constitution Natelson – The Founders and the Constitution: James Wilson James Wilson – State House Yard Speech – Full Text (6 Oct 1787) Episode – Bill of Rights: 5 Hidden Truths They Never Teach Thomas Jefferson – Letter to James Madison (20 Dec 1787) A Democratic Federalist (17 Oct 1787) George Washington – Letter to David Stuart (17 Oct 1787) Scott Douglas Gerger – Chapter 5. James Wilson: Democratic Theorist and Supreme Court Justice Natelson – The False Doctrine of Inherent Sovereign Authority Benner – James Wilson’s State House Yard Speech: A Primer MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on TikTok Watch on LinkedIn FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post Most Important and Most Ignored: James Wilson’s State House Yard Speech first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

Most of what they teach about the Bill of Rights completely skips over much of the real history. From the reason the Federalists opposed it, to Madison’s flip-flop, and the totally ignored preamble – on this episode, I’ve got 5 key – and mostly hidden – truths about that just might change the way you view the Bill of Rights. Path to Liberty: October 2, 2024 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives George Washington – Circular to the Governors of the States (2 Oct 1789) 1. Federalists didn’t want it – thought it was superfluous – even dangerous Philadelphia Convention (12 Sept 1787) Philadelphia Convention (15 Sept 1787) James Wilson – State House Yard Speech (6 Oct 1787) Tench Coxe – An American Citizen (21 Oct 1787) Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 84 (16 July 1788) 2. Key Players Episode – George Mason vs the Constitution: Top Anti-Federalist Arguments Federal Farmer No IV (12 Oct 1787) Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (16 June 1788) John Hancock – Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (6 Feb 1788) Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Edward Carrington (27 May 1788) 3. Madison’s Flip Flop James Madison – Letter to George Washington (15 Feb 1788) The Congressional Election of 1789 James Madison – Letter to George Eve (2 Jan 1789) George Washington – First Inaugural (30 Apr 1789) 4. Preamble Bill of Rights Transcript Episode – Incorporation: Applying the Bill of Rights to the States 5. What Didn’t Make It James Madison – Speech Introducing Proposed Amendments (8 June 1789) Episode – The Other 16th Amendment: Separation of Powers MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on TikTok Watch on LinkedIn FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post Bill of Rights: 5 Hidden Truths They Never Teach first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

“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 us of principles that were at the heart of the American Revolution – ideas the people used to resist tyranny. And today, those principles are more important than ever. Path to Liberty: September 30, 2024 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Kentucky Resolutions – Jefferson’s Fair Copy (Before 10 Oct 1798) Episode – Null and Void: Thomas Jefferson’s 1774 Radical Declaration A Summary View of the Rights of British America James Otis, Jr. – Speech in the Writs of Assistance Case (24 Feb 1761) Oliver Ellsworth – Connecticut Ratifying Convention (7 Jan 1788) Roger Sherman (7 Dec 1787) John Adams – Argument before Governor Bernard and the Council in Favor of Opening the Courts (20 Dec 1765) Patrick Henry – Virginia Resolves Against the Stamp act (29 May 1765) Maharrey – Prelude to Independence: Thomas Jefferson Declares British Acts Null and Void Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 33 (3 Jan 1788) Thomas Gordon – Cato’s Letters No. 15 (4 Feb 1721) John Jay – Address to the People of the State of New York (1788) George Mason – Virginia Declaration of Rights (12 June 1776) Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 78 (28 May 1788) Maharrey – Sovereignty and Agency Mercy Otis Warren – Observations on the new Constitution (1788) St. George Tucker – View of the Constitution of the United States (1803) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on TikTok Watch on LinkedIn FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post NULLIFY THEM: Jefferson’s Rightful Remedy from the American Revolution first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

Nearly five years before the Declaration of Independence, Samuel Adams wrote an essay urging the people to resist tyranny – not tamely submit and hope for the best. For Adams, it was a moral imperative to stand up for what’s right, even against the most powerful government in history. Unfortunately, his bold call for liberty has been almost entirely forgotten. Today, in commemoration of his birthday, we’re uncovering what Adams warned us about – his message is more urgent than ever. Path to Liberty: September 27, 2024 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives John Adams – Diary (11 Feb 1779) Proclamation by Governour Gage (12 June 1775) John Adams – Diary (23 Dec 1765) Samuel Adams: Article Signed Candidus – October 14, 1771 MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on TikTok Watch on LinkedIn FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post RESIST THEM: Samuel Adams’ Forgotten Call for Liberty first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.” Just after the Declaration of Independence was adopted in 1776, a committee of Jefferson, Adams, and Franklin worked to design a great seal for the United States – and it included that powerful phrase on the reverse. While we don’t know who originally wrote it, we can trace its roots to Jonathan Mayhew’s widely read but mostly forgotten 1750 sermon on resisting tyranny. In it, he laid the moral and philosophical foundation for the Revolution – and in this episode, you’re going to learn all about it. Path to Liberty: September 25, 2024 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives John Adams – Letter to to Hezekiah Niles (13 Feb 1818) John Adams – Letter to William Tudor, Sr. (5 Apr 1818) Wiki: Thomas Mayhew Kegan Foley – West End Museum Biblia – Romans 13:1-14 Eric Patterson – Providence Mag Thomas Aquinas – Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard (c. 1254–1256) Sarah Morgan Smith, Ellen Deitz Tucker, David Tucker – Teaching American History Full Text – A discourse concerning unlimited submission and non-resistance to the higher powers (1750) Patrick Henry – Virginia Resolves Against the Stamp Act (1765) Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress (14 Oct 1774) Lysander Spooner – No Treason No VI (1870) Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms (6 July 1775) Lysander Spooner – A Defence for Fugitive Slaves (1850) Gary Galles – Mises Institute Declaration of Independence John Adams – Novanglus III (6 Feb 1775) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on TikTok Watch on Brighteon FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post Rebellion to Tyrants: The Sermon that Sparked the Revolution first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

Before the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution, Benjamin Franklin had a bold idea to unite the colonies – an idea most people have never heard of. In 1754, just before the Albany Congress, he published his famous “Join or Die” cartoon, symbolizing his forgotten call for colonial unity. Although it was rejected, Franklin believed this plan could have changed the course of American history. Path to Liberty: September 23, 2024 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives T-Shirt: JOIN OR DIE (men’s here) (women’s here) Tom Hand – Americana Corner Timothy J. Shannon, Gettysburg College – via Bill of Rights Institute James Caldwell – USConstitution.net Benjamin Franklin – Letter to James Parker (20 Mar 1751) Natelson – Did the Iroquois Confederation influence the Constitution? The Constitution of the Iroquois Nations: The Great Law of Peace Indian treaties printed by Benjamin Franklin, 1736-1762 Join or Die (9 May 1754) Constitution Center – The story behind the Join or Die snake cartoon Benjamin Franklin – Letter to Richard Partridge (8 May 1754) Dept of State, Office of the Historian Short Hints towards a Scheme for Uniting the Northern Colonies (8 June 1754) Committee: Short Hints towards a Scheme for a General Union of the British Colonies on the Continent (28 June 1754) The Albany Plan of Union (10 July 1754) Natelson – The Albany Plan of Union: Another Predecessor to the Constitution John Adams – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (10 Nov 1787) Steven Pincus – Confederal Union and Empire: Placing the Albany Plan (1754) in Imperial Context Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson (29 Dec 1754) Benjamin Franklin – Letter to Governor William Shirley (22 Dec 1754) Episode – Mercantilism Before the Tea Party: Forgotten Grievance of the Revolution William Clarke – Letter to Benjamin Franklin (3 Feb 1755) Intended Vindication and Offer from Congress to Parliament (before 21 July 1775) James Madison – Letter to John Adams (7 Aug 1818) James Madison – Origins of the Constitutional Convention (Dec 1835) Benjamin Franklin – Remark (9 Feb 1789) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on TikTok Watch on LinkedIn FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post Join or Die: Benjamin Franklin’s Forgotten Call for Union (1754) first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

Government has always been a massive threat to liberty – we can all agree on that. But there’s something even more dangerous, what the founders and old revolutionaries called the doctrine of “passive obedience and non-resistance.” Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: September 20, 2024 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Samuel Adams, Candidus – Boston Gazette (14 Oct 1771) George Washington – Circular to the States (8 June 1783) John Dickinson – Fabius IV (19 Apr 1788) James Otis, Jr. (11 Jan 1762) Patrick Henry – Virginia Resolves Against the Stamp Act (29 May 1765) John Dickinson – Broadside Against the Stamp Act (Nov 1765) Thomas Gordon as Cato Letter’s No. 42 (26 Aug 1721) John Adams – A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law No. 2 (19 Aug 1765) John Adams – Letter to William Tudor, Sr. (5 Apr 1818) Jonathan Mayhew – A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-Resistance to the Higher Powers (31 Dec 1750) James Otis, Jr – The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (1764) Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 33 (3 Jan 1788) James Otis, Jr. – Freeborn American (27 Apr 1767) Thomas Paine – The Crisis IV (13 Sept 1777) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on TikTok Watch on LinkedIn FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post The #1 Thing That Destroys Liberty first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.