The Logic of Rebellion

Prior to the American Revolution, how did we move from the loss of confidence in our government, to the contemplation of rebellion?

Thank you for reading this essay.  It is part of an ongoing series titled Old Friends and this is the third contribution on Barnard Bailyn's The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution.

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