The Framers understood that part of human nature is to amass, entrench and ultimately abuse power, so there must be ...

In 1773 Samuel Adams, John's cousin and a revolutionary ... British Parliament then passed the Tea Act, which granted the British East India Company a monopoly to sell tea in the American colonies.

Ten years before the American Revolution, Charles Pratt ... the floor of the House of Lords to argue that members of the British Parliament “have no right to tax the Americans.” ...

The First Continental Congress formed in response to the British Parliament's ... it called for greater American autonomy and limits on Parliament's power over the colonies. The first session ...

No taxation without representation” may be one of the most famous sayings in American history. Although the phrase had its ...