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The Declaration of independence a study in the history of political ideas by Carl Becker. Reprinted with an introduction by the author

The Declaration of Independence -- Historical antecedents of the Declaration : the natural rights philosophy -- Historical antecedents of the Declaration : theory of the British empire -- Drafting the ...
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What the Declaration of Independence Said and Meant

[This year, my annual post celebrating the Fourth of July is drawn from a chapter of Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People, and from a short essay on the ...