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31 Jul 2014, 6:33 am
“I’d only heard about it because I read about [Martin Luther King] in newspapers” Sherrod recalled later. [read post]
22 Jul 2014, 1:08 pm by Stephen Gottlieb
Regardless of our dispute with King George, aspects of British Indian policy were both wise and decent. [read post]
17 Jul 2014, 1:36 am by rhapsodyinbooks
On this day in history, King George V changed the name of the British Royal House from the “House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha” to the “House of Windsor. [read post]
10 Jul 2014, 7:09 am by Margaret Wood
Edward VI, King of England, half-length portrait, facing slightly left / George Vertue On July 6, 1553, Edward VI, the only son of Henry VIII, died at the age of fifteen. [read post]
7 Jul 2014, 1:22 am by rhapsodyinbooks
In a chapter entitled “The Year,” we see how the revolution was more of an evolution, in which the nature of the opposition changed from a group of King George’s loyal subjects who just didn’t want to be taxed, to a group of increasingly audacious statesmen who desired complete independence. [read post]
5 Jul 2014, 10:01 pm by Dan Flynn
It was 238 years ago that some rebels in Philadelphia had to remind King George III that governments derive their powers from “the consent of the governed” and “whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it. [read post]
4 Jul 2014, 11:42 am
” Perhaps the most commonly repeated formulation was found in the Virginia Declaration of Rights of May 15, 1776 drafted by George Mason: “That all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights, . . . namely the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. [read post]
3 Jul 2014, 11:04 am by Jack Sharman
In the Declaration of Independence, the list of grievances against King George III and his agents is lengthy and detailed, a fact that my young children frequently brought to my attention as I declaimed in our den. [read post]
3 Jul 2014, 5:12 am by Doug Cornelius
The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. [read post]
2 Jul 2014, 8:54 am by Eric Turkewitz
The Declaration has, as its heart and sole, a discussion of how King George III seized too many powers. [read post]
2 Jul 2014, 8:21 am
It will cover this conflict, the contents and purpose of Magna Carta and the great charter’s re-issue by subsequent kings and Parliament. [read post]
17 Jun 2014, 3:52 pm by JD Hull
We linger in the ruins of the old tent --Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882): Essays, First Series, "Compensation" (1841) Emerson in 1857 Thompson, writing about 130 years later, while covering the turbulent, exhausting contest for the Democratic presidential nomination, including George McGovern's star-crossed campaign against Richard Nixon for the White House, is far more charitable, struggling to be emphatic with 20th century Everyman, and funny, as always--but he seems… [read post]
17 Jun 2014, 9:59 am
  Shops closed, newspapers issued hysterical warnings, there was a run on the Bank of England, and King George II prepared to flee. [read post]
16 Jun 2014, 1:27 am by Nietzer
I thought about how King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta, clearly against his will, when I read an article in the May issue of the Harvard Business Review (HBR), entitled “How to Outsmart Activist Investors”, by Bill George and Jay W. [read post]
12 Jun 2014, 12:00 am
Eric Holder and the Justice Department regard all this as little more than domestic terrorism; that is precisely how King George regarded the colonists, except the colonists eventually won, and they created a new secular order, a new community, with a sense of legitimacy all its own. [read post]