The Fall of the New England Confederation
The Restoration of the British Crown in May 1660 was a fateful event for New England.
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English for All, Freedom for None
To ignore the existence of scarcity is to blind oneself with a utopian vision of how the economy of language ought to be arranged.
The Decline of the Plymouth Colony
What, in all this time, was happening to Plymouth, the mother colony of all New England? Succinctly, it was rapidly and irretrievably declining.
The Rise of the Fisheries and the Merchants
Attempts of the government to subsidize the beginning of fisheries also proved fruitless.
The Last American Martyr
And still the indomitable Quakers kept coming. Among the most determined to bear witness was William Leddra, destined to be the last American martyr.
The First Execution for Religion on American Soil
With the persecution of the Quakers mounting to a critical pitch, the stage was now set for the tragic climax: murder.
Gore Vidal and Revisionism
Gore Vidal's "American Chronicle" series proved that there was, in fact, a substantial market for skepticism about the glorious American past.
Suppressing Heresy: The Child Petition
Massachusetts was soon to reach the turning point in its previously unchecked highroad of persecution.
Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government
Politics and thieves, coercion and regulation, fascism and the Fed, centralization and liberty, workers and unions, trade and freedom, free-market achievements and government disasters in American history — this book covers it all! Organized...
