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David Otersen

David Otersen

David Otersen is a history enthusiast with a particular interest in Constitutional Law. He studied at the University of Maryland, where he majored in Government and Politics and earned Dean’s List distinctions.

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Critical Thinking, People, Political Philosophy, Prewar Politics (<1775) November 1, 2022 November 1, 2022

Algernon Sidney and the American Revolution

Algernon Sidney was a seventeenth-century British political theorist, Member of Parliament, and Whig politician who was executed for treason on December 7, 1683, during…

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Constitutional Debate, Critical Thinking, Law, Politics During the War (1775-1783) December 16, 2021 December 15, 2021

The Constitutional Authority of the Continental Congress

On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress declared America’s Independence from the British Empire. Approximately five years later, on March 1, 1781, Congress…

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Critical Thinking, Documents, Politics During the War (1775-1783), Religion July 21, 2021 July 15, 2021

Divine Providence and Deism in the Declaration of Independence

Clemson University Professor C. Bradley Thompson is a nationally recognized historian and Revolutionary Era scholar whose most recent book, America’s Revolutionary Mind, has earned…

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Constitutional Debate, Postwar Politics (>1783) February 18, 2021 February 23, 2021

The Admission of North Carolina and Rhode Island into the Union

On November 21, 1789, the people of the state of North Carolina ratified the United States Constitution. On May 29, 1790, the people of…

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