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From noted American historian, Editor-in-Chief of The American Crisis, and author of FREEDOM, AMERICA'S FIRST VETERANS, and THE PRESIDENCY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, Jack D. Warren, Jr's AMERICA: 250 YEARS OF FREEDOM is a celebration, in words and B&W and color illustrations and photos, of the extraordinary history and achievements of the United States of America, from the Declaration of Independence to the present, and an exploration of the ideals of liberty, equality, natural and civil rights, and responsible citizenship.
AMERICA fosters understanding and appreciation of our ideals and pride in our achievements by offering a thoughtful, engaging narrative — in words and pictures — based on the ideas expressed in our Declaration of Independence.
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Table of Contents to AMERICA: 250 YEARS OF FREEDOM by Jack D. Warren, Jr.
FOREWORD
PROLOGUE: The Declaration of Independence: We declared our independence at a time when freedom as we understand it was barely imagined. The Declaration is a guide to the ideals that inspire and sustain our freedom.
Chapter 1 Free and Independent: Declaring independence didn't make us independent. We had to fight and win a war against one of the world's great powers to be free.
Chapter 2 The Consent of the Governed: Our revolutionary generation established republican governments empowered by the people and answerable to their will.
Chapter 3 Citizens: At a time when nearly everyone in the world was the subject of a king, Americans were citizens, responsible for themselves in democratic governance.
Chapter 5 Liberty: Liberty—the absence of restraint—released the energy of the American people. The new nation grew, built, and created at an astonishing rate.
Chapter 6 One People: By the middle of the nineteenth century shared principles, history, culture, and experience had shaped a distinctive American national identity — an identity defined by ideals, unique in the world.
Chapter 7 Created Equal: The rapid expansion of freedom made slavery—an evil inherited from our colonial past—a moral dilemma. It also encouraged women to demand the political rights enjoyed by men.
Chapter 8 Union: The nation could not survive half slave and half free, and fought a civil war to resolve the problem and preserve the union.
Chapter 9 Migrations Hither: Freedom attracted millions of immigrants from the Old World who were proud to commit themselves to our ideals. Americans peopled the continent and reached beyond.
Chapter 10 Pursuit of Happiness: By the early twentieth century freedom had created the conditions for unprecedented prosperity and creative accomplishments.
Chapter 11 The Powers of the Earth: In the twentieth century the United States defended the ideal of freedom against the most dangerous tyrannies in modern history.
Chapter 12 Unalienable Rights: The realization of natural and civil rights without regard to race resolved one of the nation's longstanding challenges.
Chapter 13 The Course of Human Events: American ingenuity has shaped and inspired the modern world. American ideals have promoted the spread of freedom. American arms have sustained freedom in a dangerous age.
EPILOGUE: Our Lives, our Fortunes, and our Sacred Honor: After 250 years, what must we do to fulfill the ideals of our Declaration of Independence?
