The colonial era and the
U.S. war of war of independence

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Happy Meleagris Gallopavo Day
By H. B. Paksoy, Journal of American Studies of Turkey, 1997. The origin of turkey, of the name for turkeys, and the choice of a national bird.
A Fourth Of July Oration
By Hal Draper, 20 June 1962. When looked at honestly, the Spirit of ’76 turns out quite differently than the political mythology we are taught. There has been only one revolution in the history of the world which took place after a registration of revolutionary sentiment by vote.
The Constitution: A document of, by, and for the rich for control of the laws by which a government operates
By The Golem, 7 December 1998. The founders of Amerikkka knew full well they had to control the government directly or control the laws. Those upper classes, men of substance, to rule needed to make concessions to the middle class, without damage to their own wealth or power, at the expense of slaves, Indians, and poor whites.
The Bill of Rights
Congress of the United States, begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the Fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.