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
- K 145196
- L 147198
- Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God 147198
- Legal Form of the Declaration of Independence 150201
- Length of the Declaration of Independence 151202
- Liberty 152203
- Liberty Bell 152203
- Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness 152203
- Lincoln, Abraham 156207
- List of Infringements and Violations of Rights (Warren) 159210
- Locke, John 161212
- Loyalists 163214
- M 164215
- Made Judges Dependent on His Will (Charge #9) 164215
- Majority Rule and Unanimity 165216
- Mankind 166217
- Martin Luther King Jr. Legislation 166217
- Maryland and Its Signers 167218
- Massachusetts and Its Signers 169220
- Matlack, Timothy 172223
- Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence 172223
- Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence 173224
- Mercenaries 174225
- Moral Virtues in the Declaration of Independence 174225
- Musical Play 1776 176227
- N 179230
- National Archives 179230
- Native American Indians (Charge #27) 179230
- Natural Law and Natural Rights 181232
- Nature's God 181232
- Necessity 181232
- New Hampshire and Its Signers 182233
- New Jersey and Its Signers 183234
- New York and Its Signers 186237
- Nor Have We Been Wanting in Attention to Our English Brethren 188239
- North Carolina and Its Signers 189240
- Northwest Ordinance of 1787 191242
- O 193244
- P 200251
- Pennsylvania and Its Signers 200251
- People 204255
- Petition to King George III (1774) 208259
- Petitions for Redress Ignored (Charge #28) 210261
- Philadelphia 211262
- Plundered Our Seas (Charge #24) 213264
- Preamble to the Resolution of Virginia Convention (May 15, 1776) 214265
- Preserving the Declaration of Independence 215266
- Proclamation, Reading, and Reception of the Declaration of Independence 217268
- Property Rights 221272
- Protecting Troops by Mock Trials (Charge #15) 222273
- Prudence 224275
- Pursuit of Happiness 225276
- Q 226277
- R 231282
- Reason 231282
- References to King George III in the Declaration of Independence 232283
- Refused Assent to Colonial Laws (Charge #1) 234285
- Refused to Cause Others to Be Elected (Charge #6) 236287
- Refused to Pass Other Laws (Charge #3) 237288
- Remember the Ladies 238289
- Representative (Republican) Government 240291
- Reputation of the Declaration of Independence 242293
- Resolution On Independent Governments 243294
- Resolutions Introduced by Richard Henry Lee (June 7, 1776) 243294
- Revolution 246297
- Rhode Island and Its Signers 249300
- The Rights of Great Britain Asserted against the Claims of America (Macpherson) 251302
- Rush’s (Benjamin) Characters of the Signers 252303
- S 256307
- Scottish Enlightenment 256307
- Second Continental Congress 257308
- Secrecy 260311
- Self-Evident Truths 261312
- Signers, Collective Profile 263314
- Signing of the Declaration of Independence 268319
- Slavery 269320
- South Carolina and Its Signers 274325
- Sovereignty 276327
- Standing Armies (Charge #11) 276327
- State Constitutions and the Declaration of Independence 278329
- Statue of Liberty 279330
- Stone Engraving of the Declaration of Independence 280331
- Strictures upon the Declaration of Independence (Hutchinson) 281332
- Style of the Declaration of Independence 284335
- Suffolk Resolves of 1774 286337
- A Summary View of the Rights of British America (Jefferson) 287338
- Supreme Court and the Declaration of Independence 289340
- Suspending Legislatures (Charge #22) 290341
- Sussex Declaration 291342
- Syng Inkstand 292343
- T 294345