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states' rights
states' rights in U.S. history, doctrine based on the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution, which states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." The term embraces both the... Read more
the Thirteen Colonies
the Thirteen Colonies term used for the colonies of British North America that joined together in the American Revolution against the mother country, adopted the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and became the United States. They were New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New... Read more
secession
secession in political science, formal withdrawal from an association by a group discontented with the actions or decisions of that association. The term is generally used to refer to withdrawal from a political entity; such withdrawal usually occurs when a territory or state believes itself justif... Read more
sovereignty
sovereignty supreme authority in a political community. The concept of sovereignty has had a long history of development, and it may be said that every political theorist since Plato has dealt with the notion in some manner, although not always explicitly. Jean Bodin was the first theorist to for... Read more
International Court of Justice
International Court of Justice principal judicial organ of the United Nations, established by chapter 14 of the UN Charter. It superseded the Permanent Court of International Justice (see World Court ), and its statute for the most part repeats that of the former tribunal. The court consists of 15... Read more
city-state
city-state in ancient Greece, Italy, and Medieval Europe, an independent political unit consisting of a city and surrounding countryside. The first city-states were in Sumer, but they reached their peak in Greece. From the beginning of Greek history to its climax in the 5th and 4th cent. BC, the Gr... Read more
federalism
federalism Political system that allows states united under a central government to maintain a measure of independence. Examples include the USA, Australia, Canada, Germany, India, and Switzerland. Central government has supreme authority, but the component states retain a considerable amount of au... Read more
Open Door
Open Door maintenance in a certain territory of equal commercial and industrial rights for the nationals of all countries. As a specific policy, it was first advanced by the United States, but it was rooted in the typical most-favored-nation clause of the treaties concluded with China after the ... Read more
recognition
recognition acknowledgment of the admission of new states into the international community by political action of states that are already members. Its derivation is found in the policy of the older European powers, which, after developing a system of binding diplomatic usage, refused to permit the ... Read more
Federated States of Micronesia
Federated States of Micronesia independent nation (2005 est. pop. 108,000), c.271 sq mi (702 sq km), an island group in the W Pacific Ocean. It comprises four states: Kosrae, Pohnpei (formerly Ponape), Chuuk (formerly Truk), and Yap . The capital, Palikir, is on the island of Pohnpei. The popu... Read more

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Declaration of Independence
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...principles of the United States, the Declaration is an enduring...Declaration of Independence is a product...approved the Declaration of Independence on behalf...colonies. The Declaration served a number...newly formed United States. With regard...
Declaration of Independence, U.S.
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Declaration of Independence, U.S. The Declaration of Independence, written in 1776, marked the birth of a new nation, the United States of America. Drafted mainly by Thomas Jefferson...
Declaration
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...citizens, aliens must file a declaration of intention which states that they are honestly...citizens or subjects. The Declaration of Independence was a formal announcement...Continental Congress of the United States of America proclaimed the...
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History Virginia Declaration of Rights...independent United States.In May...draw up a declaration of rights...Declaration of Independence , it was...embodied in the Declaration of Independence and the federal...Rights and the States: The Colonial...
Texas War of Independence
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...including a unit organized in the United States as the New Orleans Greys...were streaming in from the United States. A handful remained at B...convention 300 miles away adopted a Declaration of Independence and worked on a constitution...
Continental Congress (Second)
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...fathers of the United States —...proclaiming independence from Britain...issuing a declaration to take up...prepared the Declaration, wrote and...Congress. The Declaration was approved...themselves the United States of America...declaring independence, the ...
Jefferson, Thomas
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...president of the United States. As president...Britain. The Declaration of Independence The Revolutionary...work being the Declaration of Independence. Signed by...1776, the Declaration of Independence formally announced...
Thomas Jefferson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...president of the United States. A man of...pointed to independence, Jefferson...governing states under a common...accordingly. Declaration of Independence The Revolution...work was the Declaration of Independence. In June...
Commemoration and Public Ritual
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...After the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Independence Day became the new republic...holiday, even before the United States won the armed struggle...orations, readings of the Declaration of Independence, religious services...
Seneca Falls Convention
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...returned to the United States where she began...the organizers' Declaration of Sentiments and...patterned on the Declaration of Independence that had been crafted...happiness. The Declaration of Independence listed 18 charges...

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Declaration of Independence
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...OF INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. This document...came to honor the Declaration less for its association with independence than for its assertion...which they were united, as John Dickinson...and independent States, that they are...
Declaration of Independence (1776)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...the Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas...set forth in the Declaration, among them the...all times in the United States and around the world...Continental Congress ; Declaration of Independence ; Revolution, American...
South Carolina Declaration of Causes of Secession (1860)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...were appointed by the States to revise the articles...the adoption of the States, the Articles of Union...Constitution of the United States. … Thus...principles asserted in the Declaration of Independence; and we hold further...
Independence Hall
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...the restoration of Independence Hall and other buildings...Hubbard. Diary of Independence Hall. Philadelphia...Preservation Movement in the United States Before Williamsburg...Continental Congress ; Declaration of Independence ; Independence...
Independence Day
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History INDEPENDENCE DAY INDEPENDENCE DAY. The adoption of the Declaration of Independence on 4 July 1776 has caused that day to be taken as the birth date of the United States of America. Strangely, the commemoration of...
Natural Rights
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...as Locke and the Declaration affirmed —...natural rights in the Declaration of Independence ought to be regarded...sentiments in the Declaration that all men are...the idea that the United States had been "conceived...
Republicanism: Latin America
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...as well as the United States) are established...with movements for independence from Iberian colonial...monarchs after gaining independence from France. In...in a conservative declaration of independence to free Mexico from...
Human Rights
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...principles. In the United States, the concept of...set forth in the Declaration of Independence and was codified...Bill of Rights. The United States has long regarded...was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights...
Spain, Relations with
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Upon gaining its independence, the new nation...rivalry between the United States and the Spanish empire...Hemisphere. Prior to the Declaration of Independence, the American view...1763), and the United States expanded its territory...
Articles of Confederation
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...authority of the states; divided national...proportionally among the states according to their...agreement for the Declaration of Independence and a widespread...about half of the states had approved the...union as "the United States of America...

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Spain and the Independence of the United States: An Intrinsic Gift.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 6/22/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...and the Independence of the United States, Thomas E. Chavez describes...against Britain. Indeed, "United States independence, as we know it today, probably...rebellion. Only months after the Declaration of Independence, Spain covertly...
Analysis: United States Constitution
Transcript from: Talk of the Nation (NPR); 2/27/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Analysis: United States Constitution...guessed the Declaration of Independence, you're...framework for 13 states to form a...quoting the Declaration of Independence, saying...amongst the states but not really...people of the United States...
Profile: Statement by President Bush that the United States will help with the defense of Taiwan
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 4/25/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...the United States would do whatever...describing what the United States would be prepared...harder for independence? That could...policy. And a declaration of independence is not the...president of the United States has said it...
Major General John W. White.(United States Air Force)(Biography)
Newspaper article from: U.S. Air Force Military Biographies; 1/1/2004; 700+ words ; ...outstanding service to the United States from 3 August 1955 to 19 August...credit upon himself and the United States Air Force." General White...Navarro was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. (Up to date as of September...
Joint statement by the Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and the United States.(Legislation and Policy)
Magazine article from: DISAM Journal; 12/1/2008; 700+ words ; ...and the United States) reaffirmed their...U.A.E. [United Arab Emirates...the Charter of the United Nations. In line...including the Manama Declaration of April 21, 2008...the sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of all states. The Ministers...
Leader of the Revolution, AU Chairman, asserts that Africans with great hopes in establishment of United States of Africa unfortunately discovered that continent is still at standstill and has not realized its unitary project...1st addendum.
News Wire article from: Jamahiriya News Agency (JANA); 1/31/2010; 476 words ; ...leader clarified ten years following the declaration of the African Union neither the federal...established to unite what should be united, and the continent remained at standstill...again that Africans would neither have independence, sovereignty nor dignity without unity...
Declaration of Independence Broadside to Join National Archives July 4th Festivities
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 6/17/2003; 700+ words ; ...broadside of the Declaration in June 2000 with...original handwritten Declaration of Independence contains the original...Archivist of the United States John W. Carlin...celebration of the Declaration of Independence. The National...
The Declaration of Independence: A Global History
Magazine article from: The Journal of American Culture; 9/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...Armitage points out that the Declaration of Independence was not meant as a declaration of rights. Rather...legal sovereignty of the United States" (21). The document...signers sought to declare independence not through human equality...
ES&S Joins Declaration of Independence Road Trip; * One of only 25 known original copies of Declaration of Independence on Road Trip tour of nation * Election Systems & Software (ES&S) exclusive provider of iVotronic(TM) touch screen voting units to support exhibition visitor voting * Road Trip to visit more than 65 U.S. cities through November 2004.
PR Newswire; 3/26/2003; 700+ words ; ...sharing of the Declaration of Independence -- the very...installed in 15 states, including...Declaration of Independence on a three...about the Declaration of Independence Road Trip...jurisdictions in 48 states, Canada...within the United States...
Scholastic Announced as Education Partner For Norman Lear's 'Declaration of Independence Road Trip' Across America.
PR Newswire; 7/29/2002; 700+ words ; ...Declaration of Independence: A Living Blueprint...sponsor of the Declaration of Independence Road Trip, the...nationwide. The United States Postal Service...carrier of the Declaration of Independence Road Trip and its...