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July 4 1776 The March of Freedom Begins
Raymond Pitcairn outlines the long historical march toward liberty from Hammurabi to Magna Charta, Bill of Rights and Locke. He notes the 1776 Virginia rights and the Philadelphia Declaration of Independence, culminating in a new nation born of consent of the governed.
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Greece
Ancient
Rome
Athens
Solon
Adriatic Sea
Horatius
Pides
Marathon
Darius
Plato
Aristotle
Mother Earth
B. C
Finis
Britain
Europe
Charles Martel
Alfred the Great
England
Alfred
Albion
Henry I
John
Edward
America
Switzerland
William Tell
John Ball
Kent
Adam
Wat Tyler
Tyler
Spain
India
Orient
Netherlands
Philp II
Holland
Atlantic Coast
Virginia
Plymouth Rock
New York
John Locke
Locke
George III
New York City
Congress
Boston
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Independence Hall