The Fourth of July

TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: The Fourth of July

On Thursday 04 July 1776—248 years ago today—the Continental Congress of the not-yet-existing United States approved the Declaration of Independence, formalizing the armed struggle between American colonists and the British Empire, and precipitating the American Revolutionary War. It took years to win the war, and years more to converge on a constitution that the former colonies could accept. Today we reflect on the place of this conflict within the history of ideas.

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