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Tag: USA
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Rome invents the republic model of representative democracy. Rome builds on Greek experiments with democracy and philosophy, to invent and propagate the first republic system of government. Rome successfully runs this republic model for 500 years. Julius Caesar/Augustus overthrow the republic and make Rome an imperial power.
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The US, compared to the rest of the world, is optimistic because it is still the land of possibilities. You can remake yourself here, because we are generally forgiving, and provide everyone many chances to reclaim who they are.
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Why America is exceptional, the federal government, music of the Revolutionary War, an American outsider
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“Armaments and supplies arrived for the Continental Army, which was largely clothed, provisioned, and armed from the supplies Beaumarchais was able to procure.”
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“…no people had managed to secede from an empire since the United Provinces had revolted from Spain almost two centuries before, and no overseas colony had done so in modern times….”
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