IP: America in rebellion

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

>  Freedom News in today's update:
>   o America in rebellion
>   o Articles of Confederation
>   o United States Constitution
>   o Federalist papers
>   o Anti-federalist papers
>   o The war inevitable
>   o Common Sense
>   o The Rights of Man
>   o The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
>   o Brief biography: John Locke (1632-1704)
>   o Democracy in America
>   o Libertystory.net
>
>Today we're doing something a little different in honor of U.S.
>Independence Day. For those of you within the United States, we wish you a
>happy Fourth of July. For those outside the U.S., we hope that you'll join
>us for a celebration of liberty.
>
>yours,
>J.D. Tuccille
>
>
>America in rebellion (Declaration of Independence)
>----------
>    With this document, rebellious American colonists declared
>    their independence from the British government and announced
>    plans to create a new and free nation. (07/04/1776)
>http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/declar.html
>
>
>Articles of Confederation
>----------
>    The first governing document for the newly independent
>    United States.
>http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/artconf.htm
>
>
>United States Constitution
>----------
>    The text of the current governing document of the
>    United States of America, including all amendments.
>http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/usconst.htm
>
>
>Federalist papers
>----------
>    Arguments penned by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay
>    and James Madison in favor of the adoption of the
>    Constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation.
>    (1787-1789)
>http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/federal/fed.htm
>
>
>Anti-federalist papers
>----------
>    Arguments against the proposed Constitution, arguing
>    that it provided for too centralized a government and
>    contained the seeds of tyranny.
>    (1787-1789)
>http://www.constitution.org/afp/afp.htm
>
>
>The war inevitable
>----------
>by Patrick Henry
>    Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech to
>    the 1775 Virginia Convention. (03/23/1775)
>http://www.webleyweb.com/klh/pathenry.html
>
>
>Common Sense
>----------
>by Thomas Paine
>    Full text of the book that inspired the
>    Declaration of Independence and fueled the
>    American revolution. (1776)
>http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1776-1800/paine/CM/sensexx.htm
>
>
>The Rights of Man
>----------
>by Thomas Paine
>    Paine's defense of individual liberty. As always,
>    Paine is quick to make valuable suggestions for
>    proper government.
>http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1776-1800/paine/ROM/rofmxx.htm
>
>
>The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
>----------
>    The collected writings of the often-libertarian
>    author of the Declaration of Independence.
>http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/jeffpap.htm
>
>
>Brief biography: John Locke (1632-1704)
>----------
>    John Locke's influence on modern views of liberty
>    is profound, including providing much of the
>    philosophical influence for the American Revolution.
>http://www.acton.org/publicat/randl/00sep_oct/liberaltradition.html
>
>
>Democracy in America
>----------
>by Alexis de Tocqueville
>    The full text of the classic 19th-century analysis by
>    an observant French aristocrat of the culture and people
>    of the American republic and the potential threat to
>    liberty posed by too much democracy.
>http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/toc_indx.html
>
>
>Libertystory.net
>----------
>by Jim Powell
>    A companion site to Jim Powell's wonderful book,
>    "The Triumph of Liberty," this site stands on its
>    own as probably the best single introduction to the
>    history of liberty online.
>http://www.libertystory.net/



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