The Declaration of Independence: America's First Founding Document in U.S. History and Culture
byJohn R. Vile is professor of political science and dean of the University Honors College at Middle Tennessee State University and author of numerous critically acclaimed works of American history.
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Vile, John. The Declaration of Independence: America's First Founding Document in U.S. History and Culture. ABC-CLIO, 2018. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440863035.
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Vile, John. The Declaration of Independence: America's First Founding Document in U.S. History and Culture. ABC-CLIO, 2018. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440863035
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Vile, J. (2018). The Declaration of Independence: America's First Founding Document in U.S. History and Culture. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440863035
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This A-to-Z encyclopedia surveys the history, meaning, and enduring impact of the Declaration of Independence by explaining its contents and concepts, profiling the Founding Fathers, and detailing depictions of the Declaration in art, music, and literature.
• Contains more than 200 encyclopedia entries pertaining to the Declaration of Independence• Provides cross references and resources for further study in each entry
• Includes the full text of the Declaration of Independence
• Helps readers to comprehend the historical significance of the document in a chronology of events
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Table of Contents
The Declaration of Independence: America's First Founding Document in U.S. History and Culture
Author(s): Vile, John;Contributors: Vile, John;Abstract:This A-to-Z encyclopedia surveys the history, meaning, and enduring impact of the Declaration of Independence by explaining its contents and concepts, profiling the Founding Fathers, and detailing depictions of the Declaration in art, music, and literature.
• Contains more than 200 encyclopedia entries pertaining to the Declaration of Independence• Provides cross references and resources for further study in each entry
• Includes the full text of the Declaration of Independence
• Helps readers to comprehend the historical significance of the document in a chronology of events
SortTitle: declaration of independence: america's first founding document in u.s. history and cultureAuthor Info:John R. VileauthorJohn R. Vile is professor of political science and dean of the University Honors College at Middle Tennessee State University and author of numerous critically acclaimed works of American history.
eISBN-13: 9781440863035Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440863035.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440863028Imprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 496Publication Date: 20181130Table of Contents pages: 1 2 3
- Cover Cover11
- Title iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents vii8
- Topical List of Entries xv16
- Preface xxiii24
- Introduction xxxi32
- Timeline xxxvii38
- Interesting Facts xlvii48
- A 152
- Abdication of Government (Charge #23) 152
- Abolishing the Free System of English Laws 253
- Abolitionism 253
- Abuses and Usurpations 556
- Act of Abjuration (Plakkaat van Verlatinge, 1581) 556
- Adams, John 657
- Adams, John Quincy, Independence Day Address (July 4, 1821) 1061
- Address to the Inhabitants of the Colonies (Wilson) 1263
- Address to the People of Great Britain (October 21, 1774) 1465
- Albert H. Small Declaration of Independence Collection 1566
- All Men are Created Equal 1566
- Ambition 1566
- An Answer to the Declaration of the American Congress (Lind) 1667
- Attestation Clauses 1768
- Audiences for the Declaration of Independence 1970
- B 2071
- C 2879
- Calhoun, John C. 2879
- Called Together Legislative Bodies Unusually (Charge #4) 3081
- Capitalization and Punctuation in the Declaration of Independence 3283
- Captions of the Declaration of Independence 3384
- Charges against the King and Others 3485
- Circumstances of Our Emigration and Settlement 3788
- Civilian Control of the Military (Charge #12) 3889
- Coins and Stamps Depicting the Declaration of Independence 4091
- Committee Responsible for Writing the Declaration of Independence 4192
- Common Sense (Paine) 4293
- Congress Voting Independence (Painting by Savage) 4697
- Congressional and Presidential References to the Declaration of Independence 4798
- Congressional Response to Lord North’s Conciliatory Resolution 49100
- Connecticut and Its Signers 50101
- Consent of the Governed 51102
- Considerations on the Nature and Extent of Legislative Authority of the British Parliament (Wilson) 52103
- Conspiracy 53104
- Constitution 55106
- Constrained Our Fellow Citizens Taken Captive on the High Seas (Charge #26) 55106
- Covenants and Compacts 56107
- Creation of New State Governments 58109
- Creed/Scriptures 60111
- Criticisms of the British People 62113
- D 63114
- Debates over the Declaration of Independence 63114
- Declaration (Meaning of Term) 65116
- Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress (1774) 67118
- Declaration House 69120
- Declaration of Independence Desk 70121
- Declaration of Sentiments (1848) 72123
- Declaration on the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms 73124
- Declaratory Act of 1766 74125
- Delaware and Its Signers 76127
- Democracy 78129
- Dickinson (John) Speech Opposing the Declaration of Independence 79130
- Dissolution of Government 81132
- Dissolved Representative Houses (Charge #5) 82133
- Dunlap Broadside Printing of the Declaration of Independence 83134
- E 86137
- Endeavored to Prevent the Population (Charge #7) 86137
- English Declaration of Rights 87138
- Engravings and Printings of the Declaration of Independence 88139
- Engrossed Declaration of Independence (Matlack) 90141
- Equality 91142
- Erected a Multitude of New Offices (Charge #10) 94145
- Evolution of the Text 95146
- F 97148
- G 107158
- George III, Proclamation of Rebellion (August 23, 1775) 107158
- George III, Speech to Parliament (October 27, 1775) 107158
- George III, Speech to Parliament (October 31, 1776) 109160
- Georgia and Its Signers 110161
- God 111162
- Goddard Printing of the Declaration of Independence 114165
- Graff House 115166
- H 116167
- I 122173
- J 131182