The Declaration of Independence was written by wealthy white men, but the impetus for independence came from ordinary Americans. Historian Pauline Maier discovered that by July 2, 1776, when the ...
Editor’s note: Americans may think they know a lot about the Declaration of Independence, but many of those ideas are elitist and wrong, as historian Woody Holton explains. His 2021 book Liberty is ...
(The Conversation) – In celebration of the United States’ birthday, a history professor offers six surprising facts about the nation’s founding document – including that it failed to achieve its most ...
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