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Table of Contents: “…Declaration and resolves of the First Continental Congress --…”

Table of Contents: “…Somerset's journey sparks the American Revolution -- The tinderbox -- Virginia responds to the Somerset Decision -- The Virginia Resolution unites the Colonies and leads to the First Continental Congress in 1774 -- John Adams supports the South on slavery -- Colonies claim independence from Parliament -- The immortal ambiguity : "all men are created equal" -- The Articles of Confederation reject Somerset and protect slavery -- The lure of the West : slavery protected in the Territories -- Deadlock over slavery in the Consitutional Convention -- A slave-free Northwest Territory -- Cementing the bargain : ratification by Virginia and the First Congress -- How then should we view the Founding Fathers?…”
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Table of Contents: “…Magna Carta, 1215; Confirmatio Cartarum, 1297; The First Charter of Virginia, 1606; Ordinances for Virginia, 1618; Mayflower Compact, 1620; Petition of Right; 1628; The Charter of Massachusetts Bay, 1629; The Charter of Maryland, 1632; Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, 1639; Abolition of the Star Chamber, 1641; Massachusetts Body of Liberties, 1641; Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1663; Concessions and Agreements of West New Jersey, 1677; Habeas Corpus Act, 1679; Frame of Government of Pennsylvania, 1682; Bill of Rights, 1689; Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges, 1701; Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress, 1765; Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress, 1774; Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, 1775; Constitution of Virginia, 1776; Declaration of Independence, 1776; Constitution of Pennsylvania, 1776; Delaware Declaration of Rights, 1776; Constitution of Maryland, 1776; Constitution of North Carolina, 1776; Constitution of Vermont, 1777; Constitution of Massechusetts, 1780; Constitution of New Hampshire, 1784; Northwest Ordinance, 1787; The Constitution of the United States, 1787; The First Ten Amendments to the Constitution, 1791.…”
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Table of Contents: “…"In the very midst of a revolution" : the proposal to declare independence -- "A spirit of riot and rebellion" : Lord North, Benjamin Franklin, and the American crisis -- "Defenders of American liberty" : Samuel Adams, Joseph Galloway, and the First Continental Congress -- "It is a bill of war. It draws the sword" : Lord Dartmouth, George Washington, hostilities -- "A rescript written in blood" : John Dickinson and the appeal of reconciliation -- "Progress must be slow" : John Adams and the politics of a divided Congress -- "The king will produce the grandest revolution" : George III and the American rebellion -- "The folly and madness of the ministry" : Charles James Fox, Thomas Paine, and the war -- "We might get ourselves upon dangerous ground" : James Wilson, Robert Morris, Lord Howe, and the search for peace -- "The fatal stab" : Abigail Adams and the realities of the struggle for independence -- "Not choice, but necessity that calls for independence" : the dilemma and strategy of Robert Livingston -- "The character of a fine writer" : Thomas Jefferson and the drafting of the Declaration of Independence -- "May Heaven prosper the new born republic" : Setting America free -- "This will cement the Union" : America is set free.…”

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