The government created by our founding fathers excluded everyone from the enjoyment of the blessing of liberty with the notable exception of themselves.

Lest we forget, These men created a government where only white males who owned property [including slaves] could 1)vote, 2)hold office, 3) serve on juries, etc. The list of exclusive right retained solely for themselves is a long one indeed.

So, let us not wax too nostalgic for our founding fathers since every right now enjoyed by every other human being in America had to be fought for with blood and treasure.

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I never really noticed that some historical US documents capitalise every noun as is the fashion in German and other languages, but the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights each have fewer and fewer nouns capitalised. Odd.

Society was divided, as it is now into three categories … royalists, separatists, and those who just could not make up their minds … but all were Subjects. ‘Citizens’ was a treasonist term.

Whereas a citizen is: “a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection.”

I know this because I am an American citizen.

It’s not that hard, guy. But don’t try to play down the difference.

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Republic, not Democracy. I don’t believe the word Democracy appears anywhere in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights.

There is, of course, a great difference between a Democracy and a Republic and the distinction needs to be understood and preserved.

I know this because I am a British subject.

The Declaration of Independence was written by a bunch of British dudes.

It’s not that hard guys. Don’t read so much into it.

So this country will have to make their own bed, and sleep in it as well. I think it unwise of this country to engender in the population of its own capital such alienation, disillusion, and disappointment as I and my neighbors have come to feel, but, then, as I previously stated, my opinion obviously doesn’t matter. RIGHT?

Until we are again allowed to participate in our own country, a POX on your houses.

A DC denizen, subject of the people of the “States”.
Happy belated and benighted fourth.

the use of subjects would refer to everyone living in the colonies. citizens at the time of the revolution only referred to wealthy white men. really the only ones who were effected by the taxes because women weren’t permitted to hold property and blacks were still property themselves.

despite all the idealistic rhetoric that was tossed around, the revolutionary war was just a bunch of rich folks who didn’t want to pay their taxes.

A lot gets written about you guys (USAers) and some of it may be accurate. But I do have to say as someone from across the border, the ideal is pretty impressive and admirable.

Happy 4th.