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6ce4324
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Lincoln once said that America was founded on a proposition that was written by Jefferson in 1776. We are really founded on an argument about what that proposition means.
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american-history
american-revolution
history
jefferson
lincoln
nationalism
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Joseph J. Ellis |
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84c52e4
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Jefferson appeared to his enemies as an American version of Candide; Hamilton as an American Machiavelli.
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american-revolution
thomas-jefferson
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Joseph J. Ellis |
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925cae6
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Until Washington crossed the Delaware, the triumph of the old order seemed inevitable. Thereafter, things would never be the same again.
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american-revolution
george-washington
war
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David Hackett Fischer |
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0a57740
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I find American girls have a spirit and honesty about them that is most refreshing.
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american-revolution
girls
spirit
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Ann Rinaldi |
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209081f
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Has she received any letters from Lockton?' The question hit me like a bucket of cold water. 'You asking me to spy again?' 'Listen,' he started, 'Our freedom-' I did not let him continue. 'You are blind. They don't want us free. They just want liberty for themselves.
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american-revolution
slavery
truth
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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1056617
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This is not our fight,' the old man said. 'British or American, that is not the choice. You must choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness that will lead you to the river Jordan.
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american-revolution
choices
politics
slavery
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Laurie Halse Anderson |
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201aace
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"An essential difference between the American and French revolutions was that the American version allowed a search for many truths, while French zealots tried to impose a single sacred truth that allowed no deviation. " page 714"
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american
american-revolution
french-revolution
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Ron Chernow |
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23c1d13
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"No one recorded what those marches were, though decades later there was an apocryphal and later-debunked story the one of the songs the British played was the on-the-nose "The World Turned Upside Down."
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american-revolution
hamilton
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Sarah Vowell |