http://clioandme.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/why-i-like-the-declaration-of-independence/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:19:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://clioandme.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/why-i-like-the-declaration-of-independence/#comment-184 Jane Q. Citizen Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:58:05 +0000 http://clioandme.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-184 Thanks for the history lesson. I didn't know that the English Bill of Rights preceded ours. I enjoy all your blogs, Mr. Stoneman :) Thanks for the history lesson. I didn’t know that the English Bill of Rights preceded ours. I enjoy all your blogs, Mr. Stoneman :)

]]> http://clioandme.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/why-i-like-the-declaration-of-independence/#comment-183 polybore Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:32:04 +0000 http://clioandme.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-183 You might want to include The Declaration of Arbroath (1320) in this post. You might want to include The Declaration of Arbroath (1320) in this post.

]]> http://clioandme.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/why-i-like-the-declaration-of-independence/#comment-182 Miscellany from the Blogosphere #2 « Stoneman’s Corner Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:17:40 +0000 http://clioandme.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-182 [...] And please permit me a shameless plug for one of my own posts on Clio and Me. In honor of the Independence Day, I link the Declaration of Independence to both relevant antecedents in seventeenth-century English history and the Enlightenment-inspired Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen of the French Revolution. The piece is called Why I like the Declaration of Independence. [...] [...] And please permit me a shameless plug for one of my own posts on Clio and Me. In honor of the Independence Day, I link the Declaration of Independence to both relevant antecedents in seventeenth-century English history and the Enlightenment-inspired Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen of the French Revolution. The piece is called Why I like the Declaration of Independence. [...]

]]> http://clioandme.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/why-i-like-the-declaration-of-independence/#comment-181 Mark Stoneman Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:34:47 +0000 http://clioandme.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-181 Thanks Ian. Thanks Ian.

]]> http://clioandme.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/why-i-like-the-declaration-of-independence/#comment-180 Ian Thal Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:57:14 +0000 http://clioandme.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-180 I like the way you show the different traditions that the <i>Declaration</i> draws upon-- it demonstrates that just what is so innovative about the document while at the same time explaining that it had historical antecedents that that aren't always part of our American consciousness. I like the way you show the different traditions that the Declaration draws upon– it demonstrates that just what is so innovative about the document while at the same time explaining that it had historical antecedents that that aren’t always part of our American consciousness.

]]> http://clioandme.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/why-i-like-the-declaration-of-independence/#comment-179 Mark Stoneman Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:25:51 +0000 http://clioandme.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-179 I suppose it has been an inspiration, though I was trying to point to the traditions upon which Jefferson drew. I suppose it has been an inspiration, though I was trying to point to the traditions upon which Jefferson drew.

]]> http://clioandme.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/why-i-like-the-declaration-of-independence/#comment-178 Happy Birthday America « Rob’s Megaphone Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:20:40 +0000 http://clioandme.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-178 [...] our European cousins. If so, check out “Why I like the Declaration of Independence”, clioandme.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/why-i-like-the-declaration-of-independen… Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Memorable comments for the last [...] [...] our European cousins. If so, check out “Why I like the Declaration of Independence”, clioandme.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/why-i-like-the-declaration-of-independen… Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Memorable comments for the last [...]

]]> http://clioandme.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/why-i-like-the-declaration-of-independence/#comment-177 robertstevenson Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:15:07 +0000 http://clioandme.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-177 For such a young country, we have the longest running Constitution. I'm glad it is a soure of inspiration for other countries as well. For such a young country, we have the longest running Constitution. I’m glad it is a soure of inspiration for other countries as well.

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