4th of July Bonus Episode: The Declaration of Independence

The American History Podcast

Shawn Warswick

Education, History, Self-improvement

4.2 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Send us a text This might be the start of a new tradition: a special bonus episode on the 4th of July. This first ever July 4 bonus is on, of course, the Declaration of Independence. I hope you enjoy it! Support the show

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0:59.0	The American History Podcast, bonus episode, The Declaration of Independence.
1:08.0	Welcome to the American History podcast.
1:16.6	Yeah. Welcome to the American History Podcast. Hosted by Sean Worswick. Hello and welcome to this special bonus episode of the show. We're releasing this on
1:31.9	appropriately the 4th of July 2021. Now, I've had a few requests to do some episodes on the
1:37.1	revolutionary period in American history, so this is an attempt to address that time period.
1:42.2	There will be more in the future, so stay tuned for those.
1:45.7	Now today I want to talk about that venerable document, the Declaration of Independence.
1:49.7	So let's start off with the origin. When you read what the founding generation believed,
1:55.0	when it came to things like rights, they often spoke about the ancient constitutions,
1:59.6	as well as the rights of Englishmen.
2:01.6	What did they mean by that?
2:03.0	Well, they were referring to the Magna Carta as well as the petition of right and the English Bill of Rights.
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