Reflections on America at 250

All students are struck by the infamous contradiction of slavery existing alongside the “self-evident truth, that all men are created equal,” which opens what was (at least from the perspective of the British Crown) the high treason of the birth of the American nation.

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A century after 1776, Australia borrowed some of these same ideas as it began its own journey from a collection of British colonies to a united nation in the late 1800s.

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One of the most influential intellectual groupings on the Trump administration are scholars associated with the conservative Claremont Institute. What do the Claremonters think about the founding and how does it relate to their views on contemporary American politics?

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In the spring of 1776, as the Continental Congress prepared to declare independence, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John, and exhorted him to “Remember the Ladies” as they formed a new government.

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The first steps on the Moon were not just an extraordinary act of science and engineering — they were also a deafening statement of political power. And that, at its heart, is what the Founders sought with their own Declaration.

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The Declaration of Independence did not just found the United States. It founded a unique political culture based on sacred — yet secular — documents. A culture where the most important political symbols are words.

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In an era of increased geopolitics, Australians remain keen to stick with what works and, for most of them, the US alliance has continued to work despite their significant misgivings about the US political leadership.

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The American Revolution was global in its scope and consequences. The war would remake the map of the world, including the great southern land that would become Australia.

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