Mar 12 2025 25 mins 17
On March 18, 1766, the British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act – but on the very same day, they passed something far more dangerous: the Declaratory Act. This law claimed Parliament had the power to make laws “in all cases whatsoever” over the American colonies. It wasn’t just about taxes or representation – it was about unlimited, centralized power. Decades later, James Madison called this the “fundamental principle” behind independence. John Hancock, Thomas Paine, John Dickinson, and Thomas Jefferson all saw it as the true cause of the Revolution. But they never teach this in government-run schools.
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Episode – REFUSE TO COMPLY: How the Stamp Act Was Nullified
Declaratory Act (18 March 1766)
John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania VIII (1767)
John Adams – Notes for an oration at Braintree (Spring 1772)
Joseph Warren – A List of Infringements and Violations of Rights (20 Nov 1772)
Benjamin Franklin – Rules By Which A Great Empire May Be Reduced To A Small One (11 Sept 1773)
Episode – Benjamin Franklin’s Rules for Bringing Down Empires
Samuel Adams – Letter to Joseph Hawley (4 Oct 1773)
Richard Henry Lee – Letter to Samuel Adams (13 Oct 1773)
John Hancock – Massacre Day Oration (5 Mar 1774)
Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress (14 Oct 1774)
Alexander Hamilton – A Full Vindication of the Measures of the Congress (15 Dec 1774)
Benjamin Franklin – Letter to Joseph Galloway (25 Feb 1775)
Declaration of Independence (1776)
Thomas Paine – The Crisis I (23 Dec 1776)
James Madison – Report of 1800 (7 Jan 1800)
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