On the face of it, the Sugar Act of 1764 is kind of hilarious. This was technically a new tax, but the really important part, the part the colonists really objected to, was that there was an attemp...

After the colonists successfully resisted the Stamp Act enough to get it repealed, Parliament thought it needed to save a little face. Their solution? The Declaratory Act.Basically, the Declaratory...

If there's one thing Patrick Henry is remembered for, it's his so-called "Give Me Liberty" speech, when he says that, given the choice, he'd take either liberty or death. (You'd hope there might be...