35. What Did Independence Really Mean in 1776? | Student Roundtable
What did the Declaration of Independence actually accomplish—and what did independence mean to the Americans who declared it?
As America marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Furman University Tocqueville Fellows Zach LaComb and Jack Buss join Tocqueville Talks hosts Brent Nelsen and Beth L’Arrivée to reflect on what surprised them during discussions with Harvard historian David Armitage and other scholars.
The conversation begins with the Declaration's international purpose. Why were the Founders concerned about the partition of Poland? How did declaring…
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