FC: Happy Fourth of July!

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[Happy belated 4th of July, that is. Below is a special issue of Freedom 
News, an excellent daily roundup of summarized articles. --Declan]


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 Freedom News in today's update:
  o America in rebellion
  o Articles of Confederation
  o United States Constitution
  o Federalist papers
  o Anti-federalist papers
  o The war inevitable
  o Common Sense
  o The Rights of Man
  o The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
  o Brief biography: John Locke (1632-1704)
  o Democracy in America
  o Libertystory.net

Today we're doing something a little different in honor of U.S.
Independence Day. For those of you within the United States, we wish you a
happy Fourth of July. For those outside the U.S., we hope that you'll join
us for a celebration of liberty.

yours,
J.D. Tuccille


America in rebellion (Declaration of Independence)
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   With this document, rebellious American colonists declared
   their independence from the British government and announced
   plans to create a new and free nation. (07/04/1776)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/declar.html


Articles of Confederation
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   The first governing document for the newly independent
   United States.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/artconf.htm


United States Constitution
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   The text of the current governing document of the
   United States of America, including all amendments.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/usconst.htm


Federalist papers
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   Arguments penned by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay
   and James Madison in favor of the adoption of the
   Constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation.
   (1787-1789)
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/federal/fed.htm


Anti-federalist papers
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   Arguments against the proposed Constitution, arguing
   that it provided for too centralized a government and
   contained the seeds of tyranny.
   (1787-1789)
http://www.constitution.org/afp/afp.htm


The war inevitable
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by Patrick Henry
   Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech to
   the 1775 Virginia Convention. (03/23/1775)
http://www.webleyweb.com/klh/pathenry.html


Common Sense
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by Thomas Paine
   Full text of the book that inspired the
   Declaration of Independence and fueled the
   American revolution. (1776)
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1776-1800/paine/CM/sensexx.htm


The Rights of Man
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by Thomas Paine
   Paine's defense of individual liberty. As always,
   Paine is quick to make valuable suggestions for
   proper government.
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1776-1800/paine/ROM/rofmxx.htm


The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
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   The collected writings of the often-libertarian
   author of the Declaration of Independence.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/jeffpap.htm


Brief biography: John Locke (1632-1704)
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   John Locke's influence on modern views of liberty
   is profound, including providing much of the
   philosophical influence for the American Revolution.
http://www.acton.org/publicat/randl/00sep_oct/liberaltradition.html


Democracy in America
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by Alexis de Tocqueville
   The full text of the classic 19th-century analysis by
   an observant French aristocrat of the culture and people
   of the American republic and the potential threat to
   liberty posed by too much democracy.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/toc_indx.html


Libertystory.net
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by Jim Powell
   A companion site to Jim Powell's wonderful book,
   "The Triumph of Liberty," this site stands on its
   own as probably the best single introduction to the
   history of liberty online.
http://www.libertystory.net/


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