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Declaring Independence and the Path to Liberty
A retrospective on the Declaration of Independence and its British roots. The article traces colonial grievances from the 1688 rights movement to taxation without representation, the Tea Party era, and the drafting of Jefferson’s document, highlighting key figures like Franklin Adams and Washington, and events from Lexington to tea duties.
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Franklin
Otis
Great Britain
Common Council
City Hall Park
New York
Major Jones
Sons of Liberty
Boston
Philadelphia
Patrick Henry
Virginia
Rumnymede
Congress
Carpenter’s Hall
England
Lexington
Concord
Washington
Richard Henry Lee
Thomas Jefferson
J -Ad Franklin
Roger Kent
Pranklin
Adams
Massachusetts
Nova Scotia
Massachusetts Colony
Salem
Massachusetts ‘Assembly
North Carolina
al Gage