# Fingering the King on the Road to Independence

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/fingering-the-king-on-the-road-to-independence>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** October 29, 2014

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The Coercive Acts led Americans to blame the king for the conspiracy to strip them of their rights and liberties.

[Originally published in essay form on January 31, 2012.](https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/excursions/fingering-king-road-independence)

_Narrated by James Foster._