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Dryden's tract, _His Majesties Declaration Defended_ is, like the one he is answering, in the form of a letter to a friend who has asked the writer's opinion of the _Declaration_ and the answer to it.
His Majesties Declaration Defended John Dryden 1665
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Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration is a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to declare independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration is a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to declare independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Most of the Declaration is a punch-list, if you will, of grievances both petty and grand against the Crown, and once the revolution was over and the new government was formed, the Constitution contained many remedies to prevent the slights and injuries inflicted under colonialism: the Bill of Rights is a direct response to many of the complaints listed in the Declaration.
The Glorious Fourth 2009
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A most important principle of the Declaration is the idea that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.
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Most of the Declaration is a bitch-list, if you will, of grievances both petty and grand against the Crown, and once the revolution was over and the new government was formed, the Constitution contained many remedies to prevent the slights and injuries inflicted under colonialism: the Bill of Rights is a direct response to many of the complaints listed in the Declaration.
July 2005 2005
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Western American colonies of Great Britain which revolted, declared themselves to be free from British dominion by an act which they called the Declaration of Independence.
North America 1862
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It is with these thoughts I have drafted what I call a Declaration of Conscience.
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It is with these thoughts I have drafted what I call a Declaration of Conscience.
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It is with these thoughts I have drafted what I call a Declaration of Conscience.
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