The Declaration of Independence: A Study on the History of Political Ideas
- author: Carl Lotus Becker
- author: Thomas Jefferson
- author: Misc (Declaration of Independence)
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An examination of the political ideas behind the Declaration of Independence. Becker examines the theory of natural rights, the view the colonists had of their place in the British Empire, and the literary qualities of the Declaration.
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The Declaration of Independence: A Study on the History of Political Ideas (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1922).
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