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  2. Mandate of Heaven - Wikipedia

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    This created a problem for the Song dynasty that followed, as they wanted to legitimize their rule by establishing a clear transmission of the Mandate from the Tang through to the Song. The scholar-official Xue Juzheng compiled the Old History of the Five Dynasties (五代史) during the 960s and 970s, after the Song dynasty had taken northern ...

  3. List of forms of government - Wikipedia

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    Rule by a system of governance with many bureaus, administrators, and petty officials. Consociationalism: Rule by a government based on consensus democracy. Military junta: Rule by a committee of military leaders. Nomocracy: Rule by a government under the sovereignty of rational laws and civic right as opposed to one under theocratic systems of ...

  4. Consent of the governed - Wikipedia

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    "Consent of the governed" is a phrase found in the 1776 United States Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson.. Using thinking similar to that of John Locke, the founders of the United States believed in a state built upon the consent of "free and equal" citizens; a state otherwise conceived would lack legitimacy and rational-legal authority.

  5. American Revolution - Wikipedia

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    Dominion rule triggered bitter resentment throughout New England. [5] When James tried to rule without Parliament, the English aristocracy removed him from power in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. [6] This was followed by the 1689 Boston revolt, which overthrew Dominion rule. [7] [8] Colonial governments reasserted their control after the revolt.

  6. United States Declaration of Independence - Wikipedia

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    The player is tasked with bringing the document back to a history lover who wants to reclaim pieces of America following a nuclear war. [ 180 ] After the 2009 death of radio broadcaster Paul Harvey , Focus Today aired a clip of Harvey speaking about the lives of all the signers of the Declaration of Independence .

  7. History of the United States (1776–1789) - Wikipedia

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    The campaign shifted to Washington's favor after he led a crossing of the Delaware River that resulted in a victory in the Battle of Trenton, followed immediately by another victory in the Battle of Princeton, boosting American morale. [24] [25] In early 1777, a grand British strategic plan, the Saratoga campaign, was drafted in London.

  8. Founding Fathers of the United States - Wikipedia

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    [8] [24] [25] [26] Since the 19th century, the Founding Fathers have shifted from the concept of them as demigods who created the modern nation-state, to take into account their inability to address issues such as slavery and the debt owed after the American Revolutionary War.

  9. Thomas Paine - Wikipedia

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    His authorship of the tract led to a trial and conviction in absentia in England in 1792 for the crime of seditious libel. The British government of William Pitt the Younger was worried by the possibility that the French Revolution might spread to Britain and had begun suppressing works that espoused radical philosophies. Paine's work advocated ...