“That is what is happening with the Tea Parties. I wrote a column called "The Second American Revolution" about the fact that people are acting for themselves as it happened with the Sons of Liberty which spread throughout the colonies. That was a very important awakening in this country.” PeopleImportantCountryFactsPartyActingLibertyHappenedSonRevolutionHappeningsSpreadAwakeningTeaColumnsTea PartyColonyAmerican Revolution Author:Nat Hentoff
“The Stamp Act was a direct tax imposed on the colonies by King George III. This act inevitably led to the American Revolution. Just as the Stamp Act did in 1765, Obamacare should act as a wake-up call. Chief Justice Roberts provides us with a similar call to action.” ShouldActionJusticeRevolutionKingsTaxesDirectWake UpChiefsStampsObamacareColonyAmerican RevolutionWake Up CallChief JusticeCall To ActionKing George IiiStamp Act Author:Rand Paul
“Although prefabrication has a long history - the ancient Romans shipped pre-cut stone columns, pediments, and other architectural elements to their colonies in North Africa, where the numbered parts were reassembled into temples - the idea took on a new impetus with the technological advances of the Industrial Revolution.” LongIdeasCuttingRevolutionElementsStonesAncientTemplesTechnologicalColumnsColonyIndustrial RevolutionImpetusNorth Africa Author:Martin Filler
“The inferior position of blacks, the exclusion of Indians from the new society, the establishment of supremacy for the rich and powerful in the new nation--all this was already settled in the colonies by the time of the Revolution. With the English out of the way, it could now be put on paper, solidified, regularized, made legitimate by the Constitution of the United States.” WayMadeStatesNationsUnitedPowerfulUnited StatesRichPositionRevolutionPaperConstitutionIndianEstablishmentInferiorsColonyExclusionSupremacyConstitution Of The United States Book:A People's History of the United States Source: A People's History of the United States