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  2. Liberty Tree - Wikipedia

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    The Liberty Tree (1646–1775) was a famous elm tree that stood in Boston, Massachusetts near Boston Common in the years before the American Revolution. In 1765, Patriots in Boston staged the first act of defiance against the British government at the tree. The tree became a rallying point for the growing resistance to the rule of Britain over ...

  3. Symbolism in the French Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The Liberty Tree, officially adopted in 1792, is a symbol of the everlasting Republic, national freedom, and political revolution. [11] It has historic roots in revolutionary France as well as America, as a symbol that was shared by the two nascent republics. [ 16 ]

  4. Preamble to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The Preamble's reference to the "United States of America" has been interpreted over the years to explain the nature of the governmental entity that the Constitution created (i.e., the federal government). In contemporary international law, the world consists of sovereign states (or "sovereign nations" in modern equivalent).

  5. Tree of Liberty (symbol) - Wikipedia

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    The Tree of Liberty has been a symbol of freedom since the French Revolution. As a tree of life, it also symbolizes continuity, growth, strength and power. In the 19th century, it became one of the symbols of the French Republic, along with the Marianne and the sower. Since 1999, it has been featured on French one-euro and two-euro coins.

  6. United States Declaration of Independence - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Declaration of Independence, formally titled The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America in both the engrossed version and the original printing, is the founding document of the United States. On July 4, 1776, it was adopted unanimously by the 56 delegates to the Second Continental Congress, who convened at ...

  7. Liberty - Wikipedia

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    Liberty. Liberty Enlightening the World (known as the Statue of Liberty), by sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, was donated to the US by France in 1886 as an artistic personification of liberty. Liberty is the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political ...

  8. Loyal Nine - Wikipedia

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    The tree became known as the Liberty Tree, and was a central gathering place for speeches, processions, and the hanging of effigies. [1] The businessmen took care to keep their own identities secret and let Mackintosh take responsibility for the actions of the mob.

  9. On Liberty - Wikipedia

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    On Liberty is an essay published in 1859 by the English philosopher John Stuart Mill. It applied Mill's ethical system of utilitarianism to society and state. [1][2] Mill suggested standards for the relationship between authority and liberty. He emphasized the importance of individuality, which he considered a prerequisite to the higher ...