| Our republican robe is soiled and trailed in the dust | Maier, American Scripture, 97—105; Boyd, Evolution, 21 |
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| sfn error: no target: CITEREFMons• Information on linked website pages may become dated or change without notice, and we do not represent or warrant that information contained on these linked pages are complete or accurate | Toward independence 's pamphlet was published in January 1776, just as it became clear in the colonies that the king was not inclined to act as a conciliator |
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| "He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people | The strongly influenced Thomas Jefferson in writing the first part of the Declaration of Independence |
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| But went to Maryland and, thanks to local resolutions in favor of independence, was able to get the Annapolis Convention to change its mind on June 28 | McDonald, "Jefferson's Reputation", 172, 179 |
Armitage writes, "Vattel made independence fundamental to his definition of statehood"; therefore, the primary purpose of the Declaration was "to express the international legal sovereignty of the United States".
20| Suddenly my release has been postponed indefinitely' he commented | On 7 August the Bey applied his seal to the conventions agreed with France and on 1 September, for the first time since the protectorate was established in 1881, he applied his seal to decrees that had not been authorised by the Resident General |
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| Armitage, David June 30, 2009 | This has been called "one of the best-known sentences in the English language", containing "the most potent and consequential words in American history" |
Both pamphlets questioned how the American slaveholders in Congress could proclaim that "all men are created equal" without freeing their own slaves.