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Why is Private Property so Important?
Most Americans today tend to think of private property simply as a home – the place where the family resides, store their belongings, and find shelter and safety from the elements. It’s where you live. It’s yours because you pay the mortgage and the taxes. Most people don’t give property ownership much more thought than
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A New Declaration of Independence
The Founders of America declared their Independence from the tyranny that hadincreasingly oppressed them. They declared themselves and their posterity separate from and free from the tyrants who were abusing their individual rights. They fought a defensive war against their mother country which had attacked them with oppressive taxes, abuses in the courts, the military,
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The Lee Resolutions and the Vote for Independence from Britain
Road to Independence Dateline: 7 June 1776 The decision to separate from Britain was a difficult one for young America to make. The long train of abuses and the increasingly oppressive measure from England on one side had to be balanced with the idea of breaking from a much loved mother country that could crush
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The First Major Battle of the American Revolution
Road to Independence Dateline: 17June 1775, Boston, Massachusetts The British troops in Boston are surrounded by the colonial militia which would become the continental army. The British plans to break out of Boston were found out by the American leaders. The colonials pushed in towards Boston and in one night reinforced Breeds Hill. General Gage
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The Continental Military Gets Organized
Road to Independence Dateline: 17 June 1775, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania George Washington was chosen this day to lead the Continental forces against the British. Washington’s selection as the Commander & Chief was not a foregone conclusion and there were several others who expected to receive the appointment. However, George Washington’s nomination was unanimously approved by the
