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Critical Thinking, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783), Primary Sources, Religion August 6, 2019 August 4, 2019

Jacob Duché: Mixing Religion and Politics During the Revolution

by Richard J. Werther

In a country in which one of the main constitutional principles is separation of church and state, it is counter-intuitive to find that there…

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