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All About The Constitution
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The Constitution of the United States is the highest law in the land: it's a written statement of the core principles of the American government. I...

Bill of Rights
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The Bill of Rights was made to protect Americans from too many restrictions and regulations in addition to ensuring our well-being under our govern...

American Literature: Enlighten Me
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What was the Age of Enlightenment? It was a time of some major eye-opening. And not of the Clockwork Orange variety. An intellectual movement swept...

Why Does the Constitution Still Work for Us?
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Ever heard of a "living document"? They eat and breathe just like the rest of us! They even walk around on their own two legs. Okay, fine—maybe t...

ELA 11: 2.9 Poor Richard's Almanack
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That Ben Franklin. What a lazybones. He publishes this Almanack thing, and doesn't even make it available in audiobook? That guy needs to get off h...

American Literature: No Paine, No Gaine
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So the revolution was pushed along by… pamphlets? Sure, what the heck, let’s go with it.