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Building Blocks for Liberty

Education on the US Constitution

A Defense of Constitutional Traditions

by Aaron N. Coleman Richard Alan Ryerson’s excellent opening essay starts this forum off on a firm footing by explaining the immediate causes of Lexington and Concord. This is not a ...

Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms

by John Dickinson & Thomas JeffersonJuly 06, 1775 EDITED AND INTRODUCED BY ROBERT M.S. MCDONALD Introduction When the second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775, less than ...