NC 250
Stamp Act revisited
Before the Edenton Tea Party’s 1774 protest against the tax on tea, before the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence on May 20, 1775 (it’s on the North Carolina flag!), and before…
Edenton
town in Chowan County, North Carolina, United States
NC 250
Washington’s tour of North Carolina’s Revolutionary history
As part of the John Locke Foundation’s NC250: Freedom’s Vanguard initiative, this essay contest invited students, scholars, historians, and writers to explore North Carolina’s pivotal role in the American Revolution…
NC 250
Guardians of their own liberty
As part of the John Locke Foundation’s NC250: Freedom’s Vanguard initiative, this essay contest invited students, scholars, historians, and writers to explore North Carolina’s pivotal role in the American Revolution…
Liberty
Why NC’s Third Provincial Congress matters to the Revolution
I went to Hillsborough on a recent Saturday for a day of Patriotic frivolity (including tricorn hats, tents, Revolutionary-era clothes, children’s activities, and a colonial market) and to view a…
Liberty
Plenty of NC history to celebrate this July Fourth
Did you know that the wire tip of a sparkler burns at more than 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit? So when you’re lighting up the night on July Fourth with the family,…
Liberty
Reflections from a Celebration Commemorating the Edenton Tea Party
Post-election season in America seems more contentious than ever before. I naively thought that with the 2024 presidential election behind us, life would fall back into its rhythm, and the…
Liberty
The Feminine Urge to Rebel
“And liberty and justice for all.” As a little girl, my class and I would open each school day with an essential part of every military child’s liturgy: the Pledge…
Education
North Carolina Guarantees a Bill of Rights
In recent elections, North Carolina has often been referred to as a battleground state. In some ways, that was the case in the late 1780s. On November 21, 1789, North Carolina…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Election 2020: Local bond and tax ballot questions
The middle of an economic and public health crisis, when people are worried if they will still have work in December and the federal budget deficit is in excess of…
Liberty
Joseph Hewes: Influential North Carolinian of the Patriot cause
A native of New Jersey, Joseph Hewes moved to Edenton, North Carolina in his thirties where he earned an honorable reputation and signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4,…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Which school districts spent more (or less) last year?
Here I go, here I go, here I go again (again?) Readers, what’s my weakness? (financial data published by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction!)
Liberty
School funding facts, tax incentives, Catalyst, dubious Apple claims, and more
The Charlotte Observer turned this week to John Locke Foundation Director of Research and Education Studies Terry Stoops for expert analysis of data surrounding funding levels for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. The…