{"id":5081,"date":"2026-01-07T13:33:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T13:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/?page_id=5081"},"modified":"2026-02-10T13:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T13:47:13","slug":"declaration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/course-syllabus\/declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"Declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Image Gateway:\u00a0 Boston Massacre (1770)<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-american\/image-reveres-boston-massacre-engraving\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-580 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.37.50-AM-918x1024.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/723\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.37.50-AM-918x1024.png 918w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/723\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.37.50-AM-269x300.png 269w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/723\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.37.50-AM-768x857.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/723\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.37.50-AM.png 1090w\" alt=\"Boston Massacre\" width=\"584\" height=\"651\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-580\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Revere\u2019s print depicting the Boston Massacre (1770)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>The Colonial Crisis:\u00a0 A Timeline of Documents (abbrev.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>1770\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-american\/image-reveres-boston-massacre-engraving\/\">Boston Massacre<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/british-repeal-hated-townshend-act\">Repeal of Townshend Duties (except tea)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1773\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Regulating-Act\">Relief for East India Company<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masshist.org\/revolution\/teaparty.php\">Boston Tea Party<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1774\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masshist.org\/revolution\/coercive.php\">Coercive or Intolerable Acts<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountvernon.org\/library\/digitalhistory\/digital-encyclopedia\/article\/first-continental-congress\/\">First Continental Congress<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/founders.archives.gov\/documents\/Jefferson\/01-01-02-0094\">Association<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>1774\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/18th_century\/jeffsumm.asp\">Thomas Jefferson\u2019s \u201cSummary View\u201d pamphlet<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1775\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.battlefields.org\/learn\/revolutionary-war\/battles\/lexington-and-concord\">Lexington &amp; Concord<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masshist.org\/revolution\/congress2.php\">Second Continental Congress<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1776\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/billofrightsinstitute.org\/primary-sources\/common-sense\">Thomas Paine\u2019s Common Sense \/<\/a>\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/subject_menus\/constpap.asp\">State constitutions<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1776\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/abigail-and-john-adams-letters-1776\/\">Abigail Adams:\u00a0 Remember the Ladies<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1776\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/declaration-of-independence-1776\/\">Declaration of Independence<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>We hold these truths to be\u00a0<del>sacred and undeniable\u00a0<\/del>self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed<\/em>.\u00a0 \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/declaration-of-independence-1776\/\">Declaration of Independence (1776)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1303\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1303\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/files\/2022\/03\/John_Locke.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1303 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/files\/2022\/03\/John_Locke-885x1024.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/files\/2022\/03\/John_Locke-885x1024.jpeg 885w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/files\/2022\/03\/John_Locke-259x300.jpeg 259w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/files\/2022\/03\/John_Locke-768x888.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/files\/2022\/03\/John_Locke.jpeg 984w\" alt=\"Locke\" width=\"525\" height=\"607\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/john-locke-second-treatise-on-government-1689\/\">John Locke, age 65<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>Liberalism<\/h4>\n<p><em>British philosopher John Locke was one of the founders of modern liberalism<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ideology of SELF (autonomy)<\/li>\n<li>18th-century:\u00a0 Property (\u201cpursuit of happiness\u201d) and Natural rights<\/li>\n<li>19th-century:\u00a0 an evolution toward prioritizing markets &amp; interests (capitalists)<\/li>\n<li>19th-century: an evolution toward prioritizing human rights (abolitionists)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Republicanism<\/h4>\n<p><em>American revolutionaries who embraced Lockean liberalism for individual rights also believed in a governing philosophy of republicanism to manage a contentious society<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ideology of SELF-GOVERNMENT (representative democracy)<\/li>\n<li>18th-century:\u00a0 court vs. country \/\/ Tory vs. Whig<\/li>\n<li>19th-century:\u00a0 an evolution toward legitimizing partisanship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>KEY DATES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1688 \/\/ Glorious Revolution<\/p>\n<p>1775 \/\/ American Revolution<\/p>\n<p><strong>TEXT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/declaration-of-independence-1776\/\">Declaration of Independence (1776)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Gateway:\u00a0 Boston Massacre (1770) Paul Revere\u2019s print depicting the Boston Massacre (1770) The Colonial Crisis:\u00a0 A Timeline of Documents (abbrev.) 1770\u00a0\u00a0Boston Massacre\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Repeal of Townshend Duties (except tea) 1773\u00a0\u00a0Relief for East India Company\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Boston Tea Party 1774\u00a0\u00a0Coercive or Intolerable Acts\u00a0\/\/\u00a0First Continental &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/course-syllabus\/declaration\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":373,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-5081","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5081"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5195,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5081\/revisions\/5195"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}