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The Signing of the Declaration, July 4, 1776 John Trumbull’s famous painting shows the dignity and determination of America’s revolutionary leaders. An extraordinarily talented group, they succeeded in rallying popular support without losing power to more radical forces in the process (Yale University Art Gallery)
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On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. Written by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence boldly listed the tyrannical acts committed by George III (1760-1820) and confidently proclaimed the natural rights of man and the sovereignty of the American states. Sometimes called the world of greatest political editorial, the Declaration of Independence in effect universalized the traditional rights of Englishmen and made them the rights of all mankind. It stated that “all men are created equal . . . they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights . . . among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” No other American political document has ever caused such excitement, both at home and abroad.

Many American families remained loyal to Britain; many others divided bitterly. After the Declaration of Independence, the conflict often took the form of a civil war putting patriot against Loyalist. The Loyalists tended to be wealthy and politically moderate. Many patriots, too, were wealthy -- individuals such as John Hancock and George Washington -- but willingly allied themselves with farmers and artisans in a broad coalition. This coalition harassed the Loyalists and confiscated their property to help pay for the American war effort. The broad social base of the revolutionaries tended to make the liberal revolution democratic. State governments extended the right to vote to many more people in the course of the war and re-established themselves as republics. `Page 672

A HISTORY OF WESTERN SOCEITY
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Raynal and Diderot were not just utopian dreamers; they were among a chorus of radical prophets. Only six years after their book appeared, a revolution took place and the American Declaration of Independence enshrined these same beliefs. Thomas Jefferson returned from France, took out a quill, and wrote: “We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable, that all men are created equal.” It was a good start. He passed this draft to Benjamin Franklin, who crossed out “Sacred and undeniable’ and inserted “self evident,” an irreligious phase that took its authority from what was natural. And so, the ringing first words of this document insisted that a rejection of universal equality was bigoted, deluded and false. ~ Page 35

Excerpt: "OF FEARS AND STRANGERS" ~ Author George Makari

OF FEAR AND STRANGERS
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. . . The American Revolution represented the most concrete expression of emancipation and subject sovereignty for a Europe suffering in the oppressive climate of absolutist regimes. Rulers and those who occupied the highest levels of society who should have provided moral leadership for their nation were hopelessly corrupt and resistant to reform. The founding fathers of the American rebellion wee bourgeois or patrician dissidents who sought parity with their British peers. Like the French Revolution, the American one had embraced the secular humanistic ideals of the Enlightenment. The Declaration of Independence signed by the founding fathers in 1776 further incorporated the empirical signature of Francis Bacon and David Hume’s reception of Enlightenment ideas. . . . Page 5

GERMAN ROMANTICISM
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