HLTH 5392 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: International Allies F.C., Natural And Legal Rights
6 Dec 2016
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Sold 120,00 copies the first month (2. 5 million population around this time) Analysis of independence, royalty, and colonial systems. Over 2/3 of the document are grievances against the king. To create common experience (all american colonists are being affected) A need to identify the enemy (the crown) Justify violence (there are reasons behind their protests) Agreed to publish on july 4th (besides the document being done before) Technically the declaration was an act of treason. Thomas jefferson changed property" to pursuit of happiness". Unalienable rights = life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. 20% of the american colonies" population were loyalists (loyal to britain) Militias can fight guerilla war (hiding in the woods and trees) Ineffective leadership irrationally and strictly followed honor codes. British try to get slaves to fight with them ad guarantee them some form of freedom. Continental congress exclude blacks from fighting to avoid angering southern slave holders. Many states promise slaves freedom if they fight.
