FC: Happy Fourth of July!

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Thu Jul 05 2001 - 07:41:48 PDT

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    [Happy belated 4th of July, that is. Below is a special issue of Freedom 
    News, an excellent daily roundup of summarized articles. --Declan]
    
    
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      Freedom News in today's update:
       o America in rebellion
       o Articles of Confederation
       o United States Constitution
       o Federalist papers
       o Anti-federalist papers
       o The war inevitable
       o Common Sense
       o The Rights of Man
       o The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
       o Brief biography: John Locke (1632-1704)
       o Democracy in America
       o Libertystory.net
    
    Today we're doing something a little different in honor of U.S.
    Independence Day. For those of you within the United States, we wish you a
    happy Fourth of July. For those outside the U.S., we hope that you'll join
    us for a celebration of liberty.
    
    yours,
    J.D. Tuccille
    
    
    America in rebellion (Declaration of Independence)
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        With this document, rebellious American colonists declared
        their independence from the British government and announced
        plans to create a new and free nation. (07/04/1776)
    http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/declar.html
    
    
    Articles of Confederation
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        The first governing document for the newly independent
        United States.
    http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/artconf.htm
    
    
    United States Constitution
    ----------
        The text of the current governing document of the
        United States of America, including all amendments.
    http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/usconst.htm
    
    
    Federalist papers
    ----------
        Arguments penned by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay
        and James Madison in favor of the adoption of the
        Constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation.
        (1787-1789)
    http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/federal/fed.htm
    
    
    Anti-federalist papers
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        Arguments against the proposed Constitution, arguing
        that it provided for too centralized a government and
        contained the seeds of tyranny.
        (1787-1789)
    http://www.constitution.org/afp/afp.htm
    
    
    The war inevitable
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    by Patrick Henry
        Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech to
        the 1775 Virginia Convention. (03/23/1775)
    http://www.webleyweb.com/klh/pathenry.html
    
    
    Common Sense
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    by Thomas Paine
        Full text of the book that inspired the
        Declaration of Independence and fueled the
        American revolution. (1776)
    http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1776-1800/paine/CM/sensexx.htm
    
    
    The Rights of Man
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    by Thomas Paine
        Paine's defense of individual liberty. As always,
        Paine is quick to make valuable suggestions for
        proper government.
    http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1776-1800/paine/ROM/rofmxx.htm
    
    
    The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
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        The collected writings of the often-libertarian
        author of the Declaration of Independence.
    http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/jeffpap.htm
    
    
    Brief biography: John Locke (1632-1704)
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        John Locke's influence on modern views of liberty
        is profound, including providing much of the
        philosophical influence for the American Revolution.
    http://www.acton.org/publicat/randl/00sep_oct/liberaltradition.html
    
    
    Democracy in America
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    by Alexis de Tocqueville
        The full text of the classic 19th-century analysis by
        an observant French aristocrat of the culture and people
        of the American republic and the potential threat to
        liberty posed by too much democracy.
    http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/toc_indx.html
    
    
    Libertystory.net
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    by Jim Powell
        A companion site to Jim Powell's wonderful book,
        "The Triumph of Liberty," this site stands on its
        own as probably the best single introduction to the
        history of liberty online.
    http://www.libertystory.net/
    
    
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