Benjamin Franklin, along with George Bryan and James Cannon were the principal authors of the new constitution, but others contributed, including George Clymer, Timothy Matlack, and possibly even Thomas Paine.
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2 months after Lexington and concord - and the shot heard round the world - General Thomas Gage made an offer he thought the revolutionaries couldn’t refuse.
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"Treason against the sovereignty of the people" is how St. George Tucker described usurpation - or theft - of power by government. But this view was nothing new - the founders and old revolutionaries had long understood usurpation to be an act of tyranny, even including it in the Declaration of Independence.
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the Vermont constitution ended adult slavery in the state, declaring that "all persons are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent, and unalienable rights, amongst which are the enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety."
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It was a revolution in thought - a radical change in thinking.
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While the Orangetown Resolutions only represented a small number of people in a single New York County, they succinctly articulated and cemented the revolutionary principles of constitutional fidelity, restraint of government power, and resistance to usurpation.
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Government schools never teach this stuff. But the American Revolution - and the War for Independence - were about much more than “taxation without representation.” The Revolution was about unlimited, arbitrary power - complete and total supremacy over the colonies. And the battles started over a British gun control program.
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The event marked the first time in history where a republican governor took office under a constitution written and ratified by representatives of the people.
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On June 28, 1776, American forces won their first significant battle of the War for Independence when South Carolina troops defeated a British naval force.
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Caesar Rodney was born in Kent County, Delaware on Oct. 7, 1728. He was a central figure in Delaware's quest for independence from Great Britain.
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