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Sense examines how Americans defended the right to resist
unjust laws, and how this right of resistance was transformed
into a right of revolution. It examines Thomas Paine's views on
the difference between society and government, his defense of
republican government, his total rejection of hereditary monarchy,
and his belief that Americans should take up arms against the
English government.
The
Declaration of Independence articulates the principles of
the American Revolution. This tape discusses natural rights;
government by consent; the social contract; the difference between
alienable and inalienable rights; and the right of revolution
against oppressive governments.
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