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Hace 4 días · In defense of our Liberty Tree. —Thomas Paine. In the early days of the American Revolution, in protest and solidarity, citizens gathered around a convenient tree to commiserate British taxes and oppressive law. A recent arrival to Pennsylvania from Britain, Thomas Paine wrote “Liberty Tree” which became popular with the colonists.
Hace 3 días · A Foreign Tree Description These painted engravings ridicule the unrest wrought by French revolutionaries by contrasting French subversion with British stability.
1 de ago. de 2024 · Thomas Paine (1737–1809) played a vital role in mobilizing American support for their own independence, and he leapt to support the French revolutionaries when Edmund Burke attacked. Elected deputy to the French National Convention in 1793, Paine nearly lost his head as an associate of the Girondins during the Terror.
Hace 3 días · On October 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty was officially dedicated in a day-long celebration led by President Grover Cleveland. The festivities included a land parade through Manhattan, a...
Hace 5 días · Throughout the French Revolution, women, inspired by a longing for liberty and equality, played a vital role in stoking the fervor and idealism of those years. In her compelling history of the Revolution, Lucy Moore paints a vivid portrait of six extraordinary women who risked everything for the chance to exercise their ambition and ...
Hace 4 días · The small copper token shown below is one of a vast number produced by the Newcastle-born radical Thomas Spence and distributed from his London bookshop, The Hive of Liberty, in High Holborn. Small-value coins were in short supply in the late eighteenth century, causing problems for people wanting to buy cheaper items and for shops to give change.
Hace 2 días · Central to Enlightenment thought were the use and celebration of reason, the power by which humans understand the universe and improve their own condition. The goals of rational humanity were considered to be knowledge, freedom, and happiness.
