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Next, on lectures in history, Clemson University professor Bradley Thompson teaches a class about the preamble of the declaration of independence. Examining it line by line, he talks about the selfevident truths enumerated by the Founding Fathers and explores what they may have intended by their word choices. Good afternoon, everybody. So for the last six weeks in this class, weve been examining the political thought of the imperial crisis. That is, weve been looking at the debates between British Imperial officials and american wig patriots. And that debate has really in many ways come down t...

Good afternoon, everybody. So for the last six weeks in this class, weve been examining the political thought of the imperial crisis. That is, weve been looking at the debates between British Imperial officials and american wig patriots. And that debate has really in many ways come down to one issue which is broadly speaking what is the british constitution and how does it define relations between the mother country and her colonies . And more specifically even the real question is, what is the political constitutional relationship between the power and the authority of the British Parliament ...

About the declaration of indent. He talks about it line by line and he explores what they may have intended by their word choices. Good afternoon, everybody. So for the last six weeks in this class, we have been examining the political thought of the imperial crisis. We have been looking at the debates between officials and american wig patriots and it has come down to one issue which is broadly speaking, what is the constitution and how does it be fine prelations. What is the political and constitutional relationship between the parliament and the port, and over the cover aurt about 12 years,...

Nothing that must be. Right . The fact of the matter is that in 1776 at least a third of all american colonials at that time were self identified loyalists. And the third hadnt made up their mind. So how is it that the americans argue that it is now necessary. So the question is why necessary. So why not say when in the course of human events, it is optional to dissolve our political bans. Why necessary . Im going to come back to that at the end of the time. I think it tells us something deeply important about the logic of those who signed the declaration of independence. Let me break down wha...

Political constitutional relationship between the power and the authority of the British Parliament and americas colonial legislators . And over the course of about 12 years between 1764 and 1776, the British Parliament passed a series of laws. In 1764, it began with the sugar act and then a year later the stamp act and then in 17671768 the townsend acts and then the tea act and then the coercive acts and then in 1775 the prohibitory act. But standing behind all of these acts of british legislation was one overarching piece of legislation which i think was the driving force behind all of these...