86 years and a day before the “shot heard ’round the world” – the people of Boston and surrounding towns rose up and overthrew the royal governor in a dispute that started over tax resistance to arbitrary power.

Path to Liberty: April 15, 2024

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Lysander Spooner – An Essay on the Trial by Jury (1852)

John Dickinson – Broadside Against the Stamp Act (1765)

Historic Ipswich: The “Birthplace of American Independence”

Wiki: Edmund Andros

John G. Palfrey: The New-England Revolution of the 17th Century (May 1864)

Complaints of great wrongs done under the ill government of Sir Edmund Androsse governor in New-England, in the year 1687

Wiki: Revolt of 1689

The declaration of the gentlemen, merchants, and inhabitants of Boston, and the countrey adjacent (18 Apr 1689)

Response from William III

Lysander Spooner – No Treason No. VI (1870)

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April 12, 1776 – the first official action by one of the colonies in full support of declaring independence. The Halifax Resolves were also the first example of a colony-wide assembly admitting that reconciliation with the British was no longer an option.

Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: April 12, 2024

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North Carolina Provincial Congress

Third North Carolina Provincial Congress

Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge

NCPedia – Moores Creek Bridge

Kellie Slappey – North Carolina History

Halifax and the Revolution

The journal of the proceedings of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina, held at Halifax on the fourth day of April 1776

Full Text – Minutes of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina

Adam Zielinski – American Battlefield Trust

Jason Mandresh – Founder of the Day

American Battlefield Trust – Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence

The Constitutional Authority of the 2nd Continental Congress

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Since 2011 – a combination of state laws and human action has built what is likely the most robust foundation for the advancement of gold and silver as money in the United Sates.

Path to Liberty: April 10, 2024

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Benjamin Franklin – Letter to Dumas (18 May 1779)

George Washington – Letter to Jabez Bowen (9 Jan 1787)

Episode: Tyranny 101: How the Federal Reserve Powers the Monster State

Maharrey – Utah’s Step-By-Step Strategy in Support of Sound Money

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Rev. Charles Clay (27 Jan 1790)

2011 – Utah Legal Tender Act

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Utah Expands Legal Tender in the State

United Precious Metals Association

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2022 – Utah Law Exempts the Sale of “Goldbacks” from State Sales Tax

2024 – Utah Authorizes State Gold and Silver Reserves

2024 – Utah Excludes CBDC from State Definition of Legal Tender

Samuel Adams – Candidus, Boston Gazette (14 Oct 1771)

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Supporting one version of an unconstitutional government program over another – because it seems to be the “least offensive” option – is not only what leading founders called a “fatal error,” but it also sets a precedent for more of the same, and worse.

Path to Liberty: April 8, 2024

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James Otis, Jr. – Freeborn American (27 Apr 1767)

John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania No. IX (1767)

John Dickinson – Broadside Against the Stamp Act (1765)

Raul Lopez – Knox News

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Albert Gallatin (6 June 1817)

James Madison – Letter to James Robertson, Jr. (20 Apr 1831)

John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania No. VII (1767)

Thomas Jefferson – Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank (15 Feb 1791)

James Madison – Speech in the House of Representatives (10 Jan 1794)

James Madison – Santo Domingan Refugees (10 Jan 1794)

John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania No. X (1767)

Samuel Adams – Candidus, Boston Gazette (9 Dec 1771)

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Originally implemented by the IRS – gun-control advocates want to use “Merchant Category Codes” to track purchases of firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition. But the state-level 2nd Amendment Financial Privacy Act has shut those plans downs – at least for now.

Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: April 5, 2024

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CNBC Report

IRS – Revenue Bulletin 2004-31

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Letter from Elizabeth Warren, Others

Free Range American

NPR Report on Firearms MCC

NRA-ILA – MCC Update

State of the Nullification Movement Report (2023)

Reuters – Amex, Mastercard, Visa pause work on new firearms merchant code

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For more than a decade, starting in 2013, the Utah legislature has incrementally built some of the most robust privacy protections in the country with a step-by-step approach. Over that time, Utah chipped away at the surveillance state, passing at least eight separate laws limiting surveillance.

Path to Liberty: April 3, 2024

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Maharrey – Utah’s Step-By-Step Strategy Against the Surveillance State

Episode – 3 Key Elements from the American Revolution for Successful Nullification Today

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Rev. Charles Clay (27 Jan 1790)

Episode – There is no Silver Bullet

2013 – Automatic License Plate Reader System Act

2014 – Banning warrantless data, Utah Governor signs privacy bill into law

2014 – Utah Governor Signs Bill to Restrict Drone Use

2019 – Utah Law Bans Warrantless Access to Information in the Cloud

2021 – Utah Law Further Limits Warrantless Collection of Electronic Data

2022 – Utah Law Expands Limits on Drone Surveillance

2023 – Utah Law Restricts Geofence Location Tracking

2024 – Utah Puts Limits on Warrantless Biometric Surveillance

Samuel Adams – Candidus, Boston Gazette (14 Oct 1771)

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Responding to the Coercive Acts of 1774 – the “Intolerable Acts” – the old revolutionaries were organized, coordinated – and very strategic in their approach. We’d do well to learn what they considered essential elements for success.

Path to Liberty: April 1, 2024

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Mount Vernon: The Coercive Acts of 1774

Paul Revere’s Other Rides

Episode – Blueprint for Liberty: The Suffolk Resolves of 1774

Declaration And Resolves Of The First Continental Congress (14 OCT 1774)

Episode – An Early Bill of Rights: Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress

The Association Enacted by the First Continental Congress

Episode – First of the Founding Four: Continental Association

Alexander Hamilton – A Full Vindication of the Measures of the Congress (15 Dec 1774)

Thomas Paine – American Crisis I (23 Dec 1776)

Episode – Don’t Try, They’ll Crush You!

State of the Nullification Movement Report

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Consolidation – we were warned – would guarantee a destruction of liberty. But many founders seemed to believe they could pull off a “proper” or “partial” consolidation and not get a system of “unremitted despotism.”

Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: March 29, 2024

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Episode – The Revolution vs Unlimited, Centralized Power

Thomas Jefferson to Joseph C. Cabell (2 Feb 1816)

William Grayson – Virginia Ratifying Convention (11 June 1788)

Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (7 June 1788)

Episode – The Dangers of Consolidation: Antifederalist Brutus No. 1

Samuel Adams to Elbridge Gerry (22 Aug 1789)

John Lansing – New York Ratifying Convention (20 June 1788)

Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (9 June 1788)

George Washington – Farewell Address (19 Sept 1796)

William Davie – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (25 July 1788)

Fisher Ames – Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (19 Jan 1788)

James Wilson – Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention (24 Nov 1787)

James Madison – Letter to George Washington (16 Apr 1787)

Madison and Hamilton – Federalist 19 (8 Dec 1787)

Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 32 (2 Jan 1788)

Brutus No. I (18 Oct 1787)

Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (7 June 1788)

Richard Henry Lee – Letter to Patrick Henry (14 Sept 1789)

Federal Farmer I (8 Oct 1787)

Federal Farmer III (10 Oct 1787)

James Madison – Virginia Ratifying Convention (6 June 1788)

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In yet another example of the government rejecting founding principles by working to bring businesses under federal control, the DOJ and 16 state attorneys general accused Apple of violating Section 2 of the Sherman Act, a “law” allowing the government to intervene against companies said to be acting “in restraint of trade or commerce.”

Path to Liberty: March 27, 2024

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John Jay to Florida Blanca (25 Apr 1780)

Peletiah Webster – An Essay on Free Trade and Finance (Jul 1779)

Thomas Jefferson – First Inaugural Address (4 March 1801)

Elizabeth Nolan Brown – The Absurd Apple Antitrust Lawsuit

DOJ Civil Complaint (21 Mar 2024)

Ed Hardy – Cult of Mac

Wiki – Super-App

Apple to put USB-C connectors in iPhones to comply with EU rules

Front Page Tech: Apple vs America

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania No. IX (1767)

John Jay – A Citizen of New York (1788)

Oliver Ellsworth – A Landholder III (19 Nov 1787)

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Warning that some federalists were fakes who really wanted a totally consolidated system, Federal Farmer makes the case that too few representatives, coupled with a lack of clarity over the bounds of power, would lead to a system based on force rather than consent

Path to Liberty: March 25, 2024

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Federal Farmer Letters to the Republican VI (25 Dec 1787)

Federal Farmer Letters to the Republican VII (31 Dec 1787)

Founder of the Day – Federal Farmer Summary

TJ Martinell – Federal Farmer: Amendments are Essential and Necessary

Episode – No Representation: Antifederalist Brutus No. 4

Episode – Consolidation Leads to Force: Antifederalist Cato No. 3

TJ Martinell – Federal Farmer: Representation Isn’t Sufficient

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