Civicwiki:RandDintro - Revision history

BcatOne at 19:26, 9 April 2016

2016-04-09T19:26:42Z

BcatOne at 19:16, 9 April 2016

2016-04-09T19:16:07Z

BcatOne: minor wordsmithing

2016-04-06T00:50:56Z

minor wordsmithing

BcatOne: minor wordsmithing

2016-04-03T20:26:11Z

minor wordsmithing

BcatOne: minor rewording

2016-04-03T20:22:35Z

minor rewording

BcatOne: changed some key wording about 'novel' government

2016-04-03T19:55:52Z

changed some key wording about 'novel' government

BcatOne at 19:08, 3 April 2016

2016-04-03T19:08:59Z

BcatOne at 19:04, 3 April 2016

2016-04-03T19:04:07Z

BcatOne at 19:01, 3 April 2016

2016-04-03T19:01:16Z

BcatOne at 18:56, 3 April 2016

2016-04-03T18:56:34Z

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 The United States began as a society determined that liberty is fundamental to life.  That premise, carefully adopted by a newly formed nation, would provide freedom, prosperity, and security for many millions over the next 230+ years.  Liberty as a preeminent value has never been common.  It was not commonplace then and America's impact can only be understood by examining our heritage, political debates, and evolution of government.  We created something new - a constitutional republic with democratic input and a novel approach to government as a protector of the rights of 'the people', put in place because we understood that the coexistence of liberty, prosperity, security, and internal peace is fragile.  We bet the future of our country on the strength of those protections.  <!---When asked what the Constitutional Convention had given the country, Benjamin Franklin famously answered - "A Republic, if you can keep it."  We ''<u>have</u>'' kept it.  --->And America became the most successful of countries if personal freedom and well being,  are the measures.
-* '''CW is about''' ''why that government appeared when and where it did, what made it strong, how it has produced its wealth, and how it allows a diverse society to live together peaceably.  CW is also about how our government has evolved--occasionally for the good, but more often becoming overly intrusive in our lives, how that harms us all, and what we can do about it now.  These discussions are spread across the following topic categories:''
+* '''CW is an analysis''' ''of why that government appeared when and where it did, what made it strong, how it has produced its wealth, and how such a diverse society was able to live together peaceably.  CW is also about how our government has evolved--occasionally for the good, but becoming increasingly intrusive in our lives, how that harms us all, and what we can do about it now.  These discussions are spread across the following topic categories:''
 <!---  **''[[Portal:Inalienable Rights|Inalienable Rights]]''
 **''[[Portal:America's Heritage|America's Heritage]]'' -->

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 **''[[Portal:America's Heritage|America's Heritage]]'' -->
 **''[[Portal:American Independence|Independence]]''
-::A discussion of the drivers behind America asserting independence from an England of which it had so recently been proud.
+::A discussion of the drivers behind America asserting independence when it had so recently been proud to be English subjects.
 :*''[[Portal:Liberty and Constitution|Liberty and Constitution]]''
-::The unique nature of America's Consitution and how it reflected how colonial Americans expected government to behave.
+::The unique nature of America's Consitution and how it reflected what colonial Americans wanted from government.
 :*''[[Portal:Economic Freedom|Economic Freedom]]''
 ::When we pursued freedom, it was very often economic freedom we were after.

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-The United States began as a society determined that liberty is fundamental to life.  That premise, coming out of a newly formed upstart nation, would provide freedom, prosperity, and security for many millions over the next 230+ years.  Liberty as a preeminent value has never been common.  It was not commonplace then and America's impact can only be understood by examining our heritage, political debates, and evolution of government.  We created something new - a constitutional republic with democratic input and a novel approach to government as a protector of the rights of 'the people', put in place because we understood that the coexistence of liberty, prosperity, security, and internal peace is fragile.  We bet the future of our country on the strength of those protections.  <!---When asked what the Constitutional Convention had given the country, Benjamin Franklin famously answered - "A Republic, if you can keep it."  We ''<u>have</u>'' kept it.  --->And America became the most successful of countries if personal liberty, well being, and prosperity are the measures.
+The United States began as a society determined that liberty is fundamental to life.  That premise, carefully adopted by a newly formed nation, would provide freedom, prosperity, and security for many millions over the next 230+ years.  Liberty as a preeminent value has never been common.  It was not commonplace then and America's impact can only be understood by examining our heritage, political debates, and evolution of government.  We created something new - a constitutional republic with democratic input and a novel approach to government as a protector of the rights of 'the people', put in place because we understood that the coexistence of liberty, prosperity, security, and internal peace is fragile.  We bet the future of our country on the strength of those protections.  <!---When asked what the Constitutional Convention had given the country, Benjamin Franklin famously answered - "A Republic, if you can keep it."  We ''<u>have</u>'' kept it.  --->And America became the most successful of countries if personal freedom and well being,  are the measures.
 * '''CW is about''' ''why that government appeared when and where it did, what made it strong, how it has produced its wealth, and how it allows a diverse society to live together peaceably.  CW is also about how our government has evolved--occasionally for the good, but more often becoming overly intrusive in our lives, how that harms us all, and what we can do about it now.  These discussions are spread across the following topic categories:''
 <!---  **''[[Portal:Inalienable Rights|Inalienable Rights]]''
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 ::The unique nature of America's Consitution and how it reflected how colonial Americans expected government to behave.
 :*''[[Portal:Economic Freedom|Economic Freedom]]''
-::When we speak of freedom, we very often mean economic freedom.
+::When we pursued freedom, it was very often economic freedom we were after.
 :*''[[Portal:What Government do We Want|What Government do We Want]]''
 ::How do we want government to behave today?
 Please also read about [[Civicwiki:Mission|the CW mission]].

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-The United States began as a society determined that liberty is fundamental to life.  That premise, coming out of a newly formed upstart nation, would provide freedom, prosperity, and security for many millions over the next 230+ years.  Liberty as a preeminent value has never been common.  It was not commonplace then and America's impact can only be understood by examining our heritage, political debates, and evolution of government.  We created something new - a constitutional republic with democratic input and a novel approach to government as a protector of the rights of 'the people', put in place because we understood that liberty is fragile.  We bet the future of our country on the strength of those protections and their ability to secure safety, ensure internal peace while leaving us free.  <!---When asked what the Constitutional Convention had given the country, Benjamin Franklin famously answered - "A Republic, if you can keep it."  We ''<u>have</u>'' kept it.  --->And America became the most successful of countries if personal liberty, well being, and prosperity are the measures.
+The United States began as a society determined that liberty is fundamental to life.  That premise, coming out of a newly formed upstart nation, would provide freedom, prosperity, and security for many millions over the next 230+ years.  Liberty as a preeminent value has never been common.  It was not commonplace then and America's impact can only be understood by examining our heritage, political debates, and evolution of government.  We created something new - a constitutional republic with democratic input and a novel approach to government as a protector of the rights of 'the people', put in place because we understood that the coexistence of liberty, prosperity, security, and internal peace is fragile.  We bet the future of our country on the strength of those protections.  <!---When asked what the Constitutional Convention had given the country, Benjamin Franklin famously answered - "A Republic, if you can keep it."  We ''<u>have</u>'' kept it.  --->And America became the most successful of countries if personal liberty, well being, and prosperity are the measures.
 * '''CW is about''' ''why that government appeared when and where it did, what made it strong, how it has produced its wealth, and how it allows a diverse society to live together peaceably.  CW is also about how our government has evolved--occasionally for the good, but more often becoming overly intrusive in our lives, how that harms us all, and what we can do about it now.  These discussions are spread across the following topic categories:''
 <!---  **''[[Portal:Inalienable Rights|Inalienable Rights]]''

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-The United States began as a society determined that liberty is fundamental to life.  That premise, coming out of a newly formed upstart nation, would provide freedom, prosperity, and security for many millions over the next 230+ years.  Liberty as a preeminent value has never been common.  It was not commonplace then and America's impact can only be understood by examining our heritage, political debates, and evolution of government.  We created something new - a constitutional republic with democratic input and a novel approach to government as a protector of the rights of 'the people', put in place because we understood that liberty is fragile.  We bet the future of our country on the strength of those protections.  <!---When asked what the Constitutional Convention had given the country, Benjamin Franklin famously answered - "A Republic, if you can keep it."  We ''<u>have</u>'' kept it.  --->And America became the most successful of countries if personal liberty, well being, and prosperity are the measures.
+The United States began as a society determined that liberty is fundamental to life.  That premise, coming out of a newly formed upstart nation, would provide freedom, prosperity, and security for many millions over the next 230+ years.  Liberty as a preeminent value has never been common.  It was not commonplace then and America's impact can only be understood by examining our heritage, political debates, and evolution of government.  We created something new - a constitutional republic with democratic input and a novel approach to government as a protector of the rights of 'the people', put in place because we understood that liberty is fragile.  We bet the future of our country on the strength of those protections and their ability to secure safety, ensure internal peace while leaving us free.  <!---When asked what the Constitutional Convention had given the country, Benjamin Franklin famously answered - "A Republic, if you can keep it."  We ''<u>have</u>'' kept it.  --->And America became the most successful of countries if personal liberty, well being, and prosperity are the measures.
 * '''CW is about''' ''why that government appeared when and where it did, what made it strong, how it has produced its wealth, and how it allows a diverse society to live together peaceably.  CW is also about how our government has evolved--occasionally for the good, but more often becoming overly intrusive in our lives, how that harms us all, and what we can do about it now.  These discussions are spread across the following topic categories:''
 <!---  **''[[Portal:Inalienable Rights|Inalienable Rights]]''

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 **''[[Portal:America's Heritage|America's Heritage]]'' -->
 **''[[Portal:American Independence|Independence]]''
-***A discussion of the drivers behind America asserting independence from an England of which it had so recently been proud.
+:::A discussion of the drivers behind America asserting independence from an England of which it had so recently been proud.
 **''[[Portal:Liberty and Constitution|Liberty and Constitution]]''
-***A discussion of the unique nature (then and now) of America's Consitution and what that meant in terms of how colonial Americans expected government to behave.
+:::A discussion of the unique nature (then and now) of America's Consitution and what that meant in terms of how colonial Americans expected government to behave.
 **''[[Portal:Economic Freedom|Economic Freedom]]''
-***When we speak of freedom, we very often mean economic freedom.
+:::When we speak of freedom, we very often mean economic freedom.
 **''[[Portal:What Government do We Want|What Government do We Want]]''
-***How do we want government to behave today?
+:::How do we want government to behave today?
 Please also read about [[Civicwiki:Mission|the CW mission]].