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Subject: America in rebellion




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  Freedom News in today's update:
   o America in rebellion
   o Articles of Confederation
   o United States Constitution
   o Federalist papers
   o Anti-federalist papers
   o The war inevitable
   o Common Sense
   o The Rights of Man
   o The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
   o Brief biography: John Locke (1632-1704)
   o Democracy in America
   o Libertystory.net

 Today we're doing something a little different in honor of U.S.
 Independence Day. For those of you within the United States, we wish you a
 happy Fourth of July. For those outside the U.S., we hope that you'll join
 us for a celebration of liberty.

 yours,
 J.D. Tuccille


 America in rebellion (Declaration of Independence)

    With this document, rebellious American colonists declared
    their independence from the British government and announced
    plans to create a new and free nation. (07/04/1776)
 http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/declar.html


 Articles of Confederation

    The first governing document for the newly independent
    United States.
 http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/artconf.htm


 United States Constitution

    The text of the current governing document of the
    United States of America, including all amendments.
 http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/usconst.htm


 Federalist papers

    Arguments penned by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay
    and James Madison in favor of the adoption of the
    Constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation.
    (1787-1789)
 http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/federal/fed.htm


 Anti-federalist papers

    Arguments against the proposed Constitution, arguing
    that it provided for too centralized a government and
    contained the seeds of tyranny.
    (1787-1789)
 http://www.constitution.org/afp/afp.htm


 The war inevitable

 by Patrick Henry
    Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech to
    the 1775 Virginia Convention. (03/23/1775)
 http://www.webleyweb.com/klh/pathenry.html


 Common Sense

 by Thomas Paine
    Full text of the book that inspired the
    Declaration of Independence and fueled the
    American revolution. (1776)
 http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1776-1800/paine/CM/sensexx.htm


 The Rights of Man

 by Thomas Paine
    Paine's defense of individual liberty. As always,
    Paine is quick to mae valuable suggestions for
    proper government.
 http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1776-1800/paine/ROM/rofmxx.htm


 The Papers of Thomas Jefferson

    The collected writings of the often-libertarian
    author of the Declaration of Independence.
 http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/jeffpap.htm


 Brief biography: John Locke (1632-1704)

    John Locke's influence on modern views of liberty
    is profound, includingproviding much of the
    philosophical influence for the American Revolution.
 http://www.acton.org/publicat/randl/00sep_oct/liberaltradition.html


 Democracy in America

 by Alexis de Tocqueville
    The full text of the classic 19th-century analysis by
    an observant French aristocrat of the culture and people
    of the American republic and the potential threat to
    liberty posed by too much democracy.
 http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/toc_indx.html


 Libertystory.net

 by Jim Powell
    A comanion site to Jim Powell's wonderful book,
    "The Triumph of Liberty," this site stands on its
    own as probably the best single introduction to the
    history of liberty online.
 http://www.libertystory.net/



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