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The Declaration (5.00 / 1) (#3)
by Big Tent Democrat on Fri Apr 06, 2007 at 11:59:13 AM EST
does not describe our system of governemnt.

It was a document to persuade. It was akin to a campaign speech.

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If only campign speeches, now (5.00 / 1) (#5)
by Peaches on Fri Apr 06, 2007 at 12:10:29 PM EST
could be so beautifully written.

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What was Jefferson campaigning for? (5.00 / 1) (#7)
by oculus on Fri Apr 06, 2007 at 12:14:33 PM EST
This would be an interesting diary, BTD.

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A revolution! (5.00 / 2) (#8)
by Peaches on Fri Apr 06, 2007 at 12:20:33 PM EST
He was persuading the colonists by delaring Independence from Britain. I am amazed that most Americans have not read this document. I think I was in my thirties when I first read it. Why is it not required reading in our gradeschools? For one, because it is so persuasive and its written from a radical perspective. Its a threat to any powerful and controlling government. Read it and you will get the answer you are asking for.  

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Some did (5.00 / 1) (#11)
by jimakaPPJ on Fri Apr 06, 2007 at 12:24:44 PM EST
It was on the bulletion board of my jnuorhigh/highschool and we studied it in 6th and 12th grades. American history was mandatory.

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Yeh, but (none / 0) (#16)
by Peaches on Fri Apr 06, 2007 at 12:33:09 PM EST
You're older than I. ;)

I think it was removed from the national curricullum sometime in the recent past. There might be a summary in a histroy textbook with a picture of the document, but it is rarely studied and analyzed anymore in our public schools.

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My grade school concentrated on (none / 0) (#21)
by oculus on Fri Apr 06, 2007 at 12:43:17 PM EST
Magellan and Vasco di Gama.  Endlessly.

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How come you missed the idea (none / 0) (#45)
by Molly Bloom on Fri Apr 06, 2007 at 05:25:02 PM EST
about overthrowing monarchy?


"Once in a while you get shown the light In the strangest of places if you look at it right"
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