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Civicwiki does not exist as a history website, but it must take note of historical elements to make its case for a more civic society. | Civicwiki does not exist as a history website, but it must take note of historical elements to make its case for a more civic society. | ||
<br>Understanding how American democracy developed requires knowing a few interesting pieces of American history as they relate to how they shaped the beliefs and attitudes of Americans. | <br>Understanding how American democracy developed requires knowing a few interesting pieces of American history as they relate to how they shaped the beliefs and attitudes of Americans. | ||
− | <br>It is also instructive to touch on what we owe to England, its Common Law, and its constitution | + | <br>It is also instructive to touch on what we owe to England, its Common Law, and its constitution. If we begin our investigation in the Middle Ages, we will see that England was ahead of all other European countries in the development of individual rights and representative government. The start of Common Law in the 12th century, Magna Charta's assertion of rights that transcended the power of king in the 13th, and the steady evolution of equality and liberty were English phenomena in the Middle Ages. England used feudalism as a bridge between the barbarism of the Dark Ages and individual rights. |
− | Articles in this category | + | Articles in this category deal with these threads of history that culminated in the establishment of the United States. [[File:Channing 1-3.JPG|250px|thumb|American History / America's Heritage|link=]]<br> |
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America's Heritage
Civicwiki does not exist as a history website, but it must take note of historical elements to make its case for a more civic society.
Articles for this categoryThis portal is the place to assign categories and pages that present and discuss the elements of America's heritage that shaped the United States. 1600 to 1763Some of the relevant topics:
1763 to 18001763 was a turning point. Sample of relevant topics:
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