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To: youngidiot

“The only revolution that turned out for the better was the American Revolution”

That’s because it was a war for independence rather than a social revolution.

The colonies had been largely self-governing for years. The British governors were an unwanted overlay. The founders didn’t have to invent a governing system from scratch, they simply built on the burgesses and town councils that already existed.


38 posted on 02/12/2011 7:16:34 PM PST by Pelham (Islam, for the humorless life)
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To: Pelham
The founders didn’t have to invent a governing system from scratch, they simply built on the burgesses and town councils that already existed.

Really. What do you call the Federal Convention of 1787?

76 posted on 02/13/2011 4:44:39 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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