Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence: Usurpation is Treason
Although we generally refer to that list of abuses in the Declaration of Independence as โgrievancesโ – thatโs not how they were described in the text. Instead, they were referred to as โusurpations,โ or a theft of power from the people. Sounds familiar, doesnโt...
Arbitrary Government: How the Founders Defined Tyranny
One of the grievances in the Declaration of Independence, the founders and old revolutionaries not only rejected the notion of โarbitraryโ government, they considered it the definition of a tyranny. Path to Liberty: June 20, 2022...
Today In History: Delaware Declares Independence from Great Britain and Pennsylvania
On June 15, 1776, Delaware declared its independence from both Great Britain and the colony of Pennsylvania. Delaware never existed as an independent colony under British rule. The colony of Pennsylvania was split into upper and lower sections with separate colonial...
Free and Independent States
Today in 1776 the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress. This transpired two days after the passage of the Richard Henry Lee resolution, which made all political ties with Great Britain โtotally dissolved.โ The document was a...Free and Independent States: The colonies seceded from Great Britain as 13 individual, sovereign nations. @mmaharrey10th#independenceday #declarationofindependence #history #liberty #july4th pic.twitter.com/SiP6g2b0OS
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