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Subject Area: Political Theory
Subject Area: History
Topic: The American Revolution and Constitution

Carl Lotus Becker, The Declaration of Independence: A Study on the History of Political Ideas [1922]

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The Declaration of Independence: A Study on the History of Political Ideas (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1922).


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An examination of the political ideas behind the Declaration of Independence. Becker examines the theory of natural rights, the view the colonists had of their place in the British Empire, and the literary qualities of the Declaration.

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