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John Adams and the Rule of Law
byIn the Spring of 1776, as the American Revolution was underway the movement of the Colonies towards independence was just starting to gain steam….
John Locke
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This Week on Dispatches: James M. Smith on How America Declared Its Rights
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor James M. Smith on the political, legal, and philosophical influences considered by the First…
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How America Declared its Rights
byDuring the seventeenth century and into the eighteenth century the political philosophers of Europe were writing and discussing some new and radical ideas on…
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The Vermont Constitution of 1777
byIf the gunfire at Lexington and Concord was the “shot heard round the world,” the phrases in the Declaration of Independence were the words…
Cicero and the American Revolution
byDespite Cicero’s significant reputation and widespread readership, little scholarship has focused upon Cicero’s reputation and oratorical practices’ influence upon the Founding Generation. Once Cicero…
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The Routledge Guide to Paine’s Rights of Man
byThe Routledge Guide to Paine’s Rights of Man by Frances A. Chiu (London & New York: Routledge, 2020) The American Revolution, John Adams famously wrote…
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How Did John Adams Respond to Abigail’s “Remember the Ladies”?
byWomen in all states won the universal right to vote one hundred years ago through the ratification of the United States Constitution’s 19th Amendment…
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George Washington Dealmaker-in-Chief
byGeorge Washington Dealmaker-In-Chief: The Story of How the Father of Our Country Unleashed the Entrepreneurial Spirit in America by Cyrus A. Ansary (Lambert Publications,…
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Grappling with Imperium in Imperio: Indivisible Sovereignty in Joseph Galloway’s British Empire
byAlthough by 1775 hostilities between Great Britain and the American colonies had commenced, there were still those within the colonies who believed that the…