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Tag: Charles Lee

  • Autopsies of the Dead Republics

    Edmund Pendleton
    Edmund Pendleton. By: William Pendleton.

    Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece were intertwined with the American Revolution and the establishment of the American republic.

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  • Laboratories of Democracy

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    Governor’s Palace. Williamsburg, Virginia.

    In the months leading up to the Declaration of Independence, the states began the process of adopting their own constitutions. These constitutions, being drafted in 1776, approximately 13 years before the United States Constitution would be ratified, had to confront many of the same issues as the United States Constitution, with various approaches being taken. (more…)