The dominant storyline of our American Revolution is about patriotic defiance — refusing to pay taxes, dumping tea into the Boston Harbor and shooting redcoats once we saw the whites of their eyes. It’s about virtuous lawbreaking in the name of freedom. There is plenty of evidence to support this
“Some of our loudest citizens openly invite us to act like crowned ruffians, while others insist that 18th century ideals can only perpetuate that era’s racial castes.”
The dominant storyline of our American Revolution is about patriotic defiance refusing to pay taxes, dumping tea into the Boston Harbor and shooting redcoats once we saw the whites of their eyes. It.
The dominant storyline of our American Revolution is about patriotic defiance refusing to pay taxes, dumping tea into the Boston Harbor and shooting redcoats once we saw the whites of their eyes. It’s about virtuous lawbreaking in the name of freedom. There is plenty of evidence to support this narrative. Yet like all triumphant […]