What act of independence in the United States of America are we actually celebrating on July 4th? Scroll down and fill in the answer in your comment below, and join Marash Girl in celebrating our Fourth of July.
Since American history is rarely taught anymore, and when it is taught, it is revisionist, and not based on primary docs, or an understanding of the Protestant reformation, political philosophy, Samuel Rutherford and 'Lex Rex', 'the great awakening' of 1740-1743, the attempt by george 3 and a compliant congress to reasserting the moribund doctrine of 'the divine right of kingship', or how the French and indian war (1854-1763) nearly bankrupted England, and about a dozen other matters, no longer taught, why should one expect a response other than whimsy?
Independence from the authority of a corrupt and overreaching sovereign power. What drove the agenda was ever higher taxes, and what sparked the first violent clash was the march on concord, mass. to seize a cache of arms.
According to Google, the date that the Declaration was signed has long been the subject of debate. Within a decade after the event, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams all wrote that the Declaration had been signed by Congress on July 4, 1776.
Since American history is rarely taught anymore, and when it is taught, it is revisionist, and not based on primary docs, or an understanding of the Protestant reformation, political philosophy, Samuel Rutherford and 'Lex Rex', 'the great awakening' of 1740-1743, the attempt by george 3 and a compliant congress to reasserting the moribund doctrine of 'the divine right of kingship', or how the French and indian war (1854-1763) nearly bankrupted England, and about a dozen other matters, no longer taught, why should one expect a response other than whimsy?
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DeleteIndependence from the authority of a corrupt and overreaching sovereign power. What drove the agenda was ever higher taxes, and what sparked the first violent clash was the march on concord, mass. to seize a cache of arms.
DeleteAccording to Google, the date that the Declaration was signed has long been the subject of debate. Within a decade after the event, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams all wrote that the Declaration had been signed by Congress on July 4, 1776.
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