July 15, 1775: Breakin’ the Law With Impunity

If you’re going to be in rebellion, you may as well do something rebellious. Thus was (presumably) the reasoning behind Ben Franklin putting forth a resolution that the Colonies would effectively ignore a ban on the importation of weapons and gunpowder to the Colonies. And while we’ve mentioned numerous times that the Congress doesn’t seem […] The post July 15, 1775: Breakin’ the Law With Impunity appeared first on 250 and Counting.