America - Empire of Liberty
Oct 2nd 2008, 2:54 am
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America - Empire of Liberty
BBC Radio 4 are broadcasting a series on America, it is well worth listening to.
Week 3 - Independence & Republicanism
Declaring Independence
In April 1775, after nearly a decade of British attempts to tax North America without the consent of the colonists, fighting broke out at Lexington, near Boston. A full scale battle followed at Bunker Hill.
In response, the Continental Congress, which represented all the American colonies, set about drafting a formal declaration of independence, which was approved on 4th July 1776. Its principal author was the Virginian, Thomas Jefferson, whose preamble set out the founding ideas of the new republic.
Listen to this programme
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/america/
Week 3 - Independence & Republicanism
Declaring Independence
In April 1775, after nearly a decade of British attempts to tax North America without the consent of the colonists, fighting broke out at Lexington, near Boston. A full scale battle followed at Bunker Hill.
In response, the Continental Congress, which represented all the American colonies, set about drafting a formal declaration of independence, which was approved on 4th July 1776. Its principal author was the Virginian, Thomas Jefferson, whose preamble set out the founding ideas of the new republic.
Listen to this programme
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/america/
Oct 2nd 2008, 11:43 am
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Re: America - Empire of Liberty
BBC Radio 4 are broadcasting a series on America, it is well worth listening to.
Week 3 - Independence & Republicanism
Declaring Independence
In April 1775, after nearly a decade of British attempts to tax North America without the consent of the colonists, fighting broke out at Lexington, near Boston. A full scale battle followed at Bunker Hill.
In response, the Continental Congress, which represented all the American colonies, set about drafting a formal declaration of independence, which was approved on 4th July 1776. Its principal author was the Virginian, Thomas Jefferson, whose preamble set out the founding ideas of the new republic.
Listen to this programme
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/america/
Week 3 - Independence & Republicanism
Declaring Independence
In April 1775, after nearly a decade of British attempts to tax North America without the consent of the colonists, fighting broke out at Lexington, near Boston. A full scale battle followed at Bunker Hill.
In response, the Continental Congress, which represented all the American colonies, set about drafting a formal declaration of independence, which was approved on 4th July 1776. Its principal author was the Virginian, Thomas Jefferson, whose preamble set out the founding ideas of the new republic.
Listen to this programme
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/america/
Oct 2nd 2008, 4:51 pm
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