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Civil rights United States Constitutional history United States Constitutional law United States History Liberty Political participation United States United States History 18th century United States History Colonial period, ca 1600-1775 Biography United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 United States History Study and teaching United States Politics and government 1783-1865Summary: In its time, their journey equaled a voyage to the moon. It took place before the American west became known as "the frontier," when Europeans understood little about what lay within the continent. Courageous in spirit and unyielding in their dedication to the mission, Meriweather Lewis and William Clark led 31 people from the mouth of the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean and back. In doing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: The episode begins by examining how the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, sparked a renewed focus on freedom. The program then takes us back to the summer of 1776. The thirteen colonies stake everything on an armed struggle for freedom and the chance to build a new kind of nation. Beginning with a look at the decision to declare independence, the film explores the escalating conflict with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2002
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Summary: Why do written documents figure so prominently in the early history of the United States? There are plenty of explanations, but they all boil down to the philosophical ideas that drove the American colonies to declare their independence—and a profound awareness that those ideas should be inseparable from the rule of law. This program explores the origins, outbreak, and outcome of the American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Influential founding father, third President of the United States, lawyer, architect, and violinist: Thomas Jefferson has long fascinated students of American history. In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote, "all men are created equal, and entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Yet Jefferson himself was a lifelong slaveholder and one of the first Americans...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011