Tag: Second Continental Congress
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The Columbia Bugle Posts Dramatic Reenactment of States’ Declaration of Independence
JULY 2, 1776 by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 2, 2018) — The Twitter account of The Columbia Bugle has posted a short video of a reenactment of the Second Continental Congress’s meeting in Philadelphia on July 2, 1776 wherein members voted on whether or not to remain subjects of the British Crown or declare national independence.…
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“Citizens” or “Subjects”?
“PRESENT-DAY JUDICIAL MONARCHS” by Montgomery Blair Sibley, ©2016, blogging at Amo Probos (Apr. 20, 2016) — It was a hot July in Philadelphia when the Second Continental Congress took up a “humble petition” to King George III. This was not the well-known Declaration of Independence, for the year was 1775, not 1776. The Peoples of…
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Do We Love Ourselves More Than Our Country?
“SINISTER AND PERNICIOUS MOTIVES” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 22, 2015) — On July 2, 1776, a group of 56 men meeting in Philadelphia in the colony of Pennsylvania declared the 13 British colonies, founded on the principle of religious liberty, independent of the British Crown. All who were present at the Philadelphia convention knew that…
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State Sovereignty
AN HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF THE STATES AS INDEPENDENT REPUBLICS by John Sutherland, ©2010 (Aug. 9, 2010) — America started out as thirteen unfunded yet chartered British colonies, went along for many years in a relatively benign condition of neglect by Britain, developed their own methods of survival, and managed to thrive and prosper in the…