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  Declaration of independence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand (1835) - This was a declaration of the independence of the Maori tribes.
Declaration of Independence of Guinea-Bissau (1973) - Guinea-Bissau, formerly Portuguese Guinea, declared independence from Portugal in 1973.
Declaration of Independence of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (1983) - The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was proclaimed in northern Cyprus in 1983.
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 Declaration of Independence (Ireland) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Declaration of Independence was a document adopted by Dáil Éireann, the revolutionary parliament of the self-proclaimed Irish Republic, at its first meeting in the Mansion House, Dublin, on 21st January, 1919.
It was rivaled by the administration of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, but as the Anglo-Irish War went on it increased its legitimacy in the eyes of Irish people.
By the Declaration of Independence the Dáil claimed to "ratify" the earlier Easter Proclamation of 1916.
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 Encyclopedia: U.S. Declaration of Independence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Declaration was rewritten somewhat in general session prior to its adoption by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, at the Pennsylvania State House.
Some historians believe that the Declaration was used as a propaganda tool, in which the Americans tried to establish clear reasons for their rebellion that might persuade reluctant colonists to join them and establish their just cause to foreign governments that might lend them aid.
The Declaration is heavily influenced by the Oath of Abjuration of the Dutch Republic and by the Discourses of Algernon Sydney, to whose legacy Jefferson and Adams were equally devoted.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/U.S.-Declaration-of-Independence   (1785 words)

  
 The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
That we do hereby Declare ourselves free and independent people; that we are, and of a right ought to be, a sovereign and self-governing people under the power of God and the*General Congress; to the maintenance which independence we solemnly pledge to each other our mutual co-operation, our lives, our fortunes and our scared honor.
The Declaration was entrusted to the hands of the secretary of the committee, Mr.
Gainsayers of the Declaration say that it was the May 31st Resolves and not a Declaration that was signed by the representatives.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ireland
Ireland lies in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain, from which it is separated in the north-east by the North Channel, in the east by the Irish Sea, and in the south-east by St. George's Channel.
In Ireland as elsewhere they attacked the monasteries and churches, desecrated the altars, carried away the gold and silver vessels, and smoking ruins and murdered monks attested the fury of their assaults.
Michael Davitt, the son of a Mayo peasant, and favoured by the prevailing distress and by the heartlessness of the landlords, it rapidly spread.
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 Wikinfo | Ireland
Northern Ireland, capital - Belfast, also referred to as the 'Six Counties' or 'Ulster' (the latter name is slightly confusing for outsiders as it is also the name of the historic province of Ulster which encompasses 3 counties in the Republic and 6 counties in Northern Ireland).
More recently, the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 has brought a degree of powersharing to Northern Ireland, giving both unionists, who favour it remaining a part of the United Kingdom, and nationalists, who favour it becoming part of the Irish state a hand in running its affairs.
The major religions, the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of Ireland and the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, are organised on an all-island basis.
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 Declaration of Independence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: The Declaration of Independence is the grandest, the bravest, and the profoundest political document that was ever signed by the representatives of a people.
And our forefathers, in this declaration of independence, reversed this thing, and said; No, the people, they are the source of political power, and their rulers -- these presidents, these kings -- are but the agents and servants of the great, sublime people.
They signed that declaration of independence, although they knew that it would produce a long, terrible and bloody war.
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 The Religious Backdrop of the Declaration of Independence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, 34 were Anglican, thirteen were Congregationalists, and there were six Presbyterians, one Baptist, one Catholic, and a single Quaker.
Douglas Kelly recognizes "covenantal argumentation" in the Declaration of Independence and notes how the actions of George III were cited as violations of the limited charter of government, amounting to tyranny.
Buttressing the Declaration, according to Douglas Kelly, are certain "underlying Calvinist themes [which] permeate the founding documents." Among these are "the two-powers theory of church and state and the covenantal-conciliar thesis of limitation of governmental powers in terms of divine law.
www.caledonianfire.org /caledonianfire/docs/declarationhall.htm   (3028 words)

  
 Mesothelioma - Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921.
An island comprising the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Ireland or Erin is Celtic; from Eri or Iar (western).
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 IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL (Part A)
ALTHOUGH THE Declaration of Independence is not, like the Constitution, the "law of the land," it is certainly the spirit of the land.
This is the sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence.
The Declaration of Independence was approved by voice vote on July 2, 1776, and the parchment copy was signed by the first delegates on August 2, 1776.
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 EP * Transistions A Comprehensive Independence PlayAlong...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Declaration of Independence A Study in the History of Political Ideas.
Declarations of Independence Empowered Girls in Young Adult Literature, 19902001.
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America.
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 Spirited Ireland - Declaration of Independence - Irish Music and Images of Ireland
We solemnly declare foreign government in Ireland to be an invasion of our national right which we will never tolerate, and we demand the evacuation of our country by the English Garrison.
We claim for our national independence the recognition and support of every free nation in the world, and we proclaim that independence to be a condition precedent to international peace hereafter.
We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland, and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies, to be sovereign and indefeasible.
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 The Declaration of Independence - 1776
A Declaration of Rights was adopted which stated the American case against taxation without representation as clearly as the somewhat conflicting opinions of the delegates on that subject would permit, branded the "Intolerable Acts" as "unpolitic, unjust, cruel and unconstitutional," and demanded their repeal.
The "original Rough draught" of the Declaration of Independence, one of the great milestones in American history, shows the evolution of the text from the initial "fair copy" draft by Thomas Jefferson to the final text adopted by Congress on the morning of July 4, 1776.
"This was the object of the Declaration of Independence.
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 Thomas Jefferson - Autobiography
The delegates for New York declared they were for it themselves and were assured their constituents were for it, but that their instructions having been drawn near a twelvemonth before, when reconciliation was still the general object, they were enjoined by them to do nothing which should impede that object.
a declaration that religious assemblies ought to be regulated, and that provision ought to be made for continuing the succession of the clergy, and superintending their conduct.
This act too would amount to an acknowledgment by each of our independance and of our reception into the fraternity of nations; which altho', as possessing our station of right and in fact, we would not condescend to ask, we were not unwilling to furnish opportunities for receiving their friendly salutations and welcome.
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 Immigration... Irish: Irish-Catholic Immigration
Ireland’s 1845 Potato Blight is often credited with launching the second wave of Irish immigration to America.
Living conditions in Ireland were deplorable long before the Potato Blight of 1845, however, and a large number of Irish left their homeland as early as the 1820s.
Interestingly, pre-famine immigrants from Ireland were predominately male, while in the famine years and their aftermath, entire families left the country.
memory.loc.gov /ammem/ndlpedu/features/immig/irish2.html   (422 words)

  
 Account of a Declaration: Introduction
The Declaration of Independence was a serious affront to Great Britain, the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the world.
Account of a Declaration is an exploration of that splendid act in 1776, an act that severed the political ties of America from the Monarchies of the old world.
The independent civil pattern in Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay was more liberal, at least initially, and existed as long as it was tolerated by the King.
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 Goliad Declaration of Independence 1835
After the Siege and Battle of San Antonio and the retreat of Gen. Cos troops to the Rio Grande, the ratio of Texans for total and absolute independence of Texas relative to those for independence as a State in the Mexican Republic and restoration of the Constitution of 1824 continued to increase.
The first and most formal regional declaration was the Goliad Declaration of Independence, sometimes referred to as the "Mecklenburg of Texas." [The Mecklenburg Declaration of May 1775 produced at a regional convention of North Carolinians in Mecklenburg contained wording similar to that of the American Declaration of Independence of 1776].
The declaration was transmitted to the Provisional Government of Texas at San Felipe, printed and distributed in handbills.
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Ireland's national rail and bus transportation system is efficient, convenient and cheap.
Favorite spots to visit are: Tralee, Killarney and The Ring of Kerry; the fishing villages of the Dingle Peninsula; and the lonely Northwest "Ghaeltacht" region where Irish language and culture still doggedly survive.
A comparative study of civil rights and liberties in Ireland, the U.K., and the U.S. other than those related to criminal procedure, including freedom of speech, accomodation of religious differences, privacy, and discrimination.
www.sandiego.edu /lawabroad/99dublin.htm   (769 words)

  
 THE BLANKET * Index: Current Articles
The Committee adheres to Ireland's Declaration of Independence, as declared by Dáil Éireann on 21st January 1919.
Although the article reported that in the same speech she had made it clear that she personally would have no part in violence, the article clearly implied that she was responsible for the Omagh bombing and had brought her problems on herself.
In the case of Bernadette and Michael McKevitt, the media have created a situation where almost no-one in Ireland is prepared to countenance the possibility that they may be innocent, notwithstanding the fact that neither of them has even been questioned by the police in connection with the Omagh bombing.
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 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Lack of instruction from his province kept him from voting on independence on July 2 or the adoption of the Declaration on July 4.
He is the only man to have signed the Continental Association (1774), the Declaration of Independence (1776), the Articles of Confederation (1777), and the Constitution (1787).
Matthew Thorton (N.H.), born in Ireland, settled in Londonderry, N.H. He was not a member of the Continental Congress when the Declaration of Independence was adopted but was allowed, by law, to sign it on Nov. 4, 1776 the day after he arrived in Philadelphia to begin the first of two term in the Congress.
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 IBB - Information Centre
Recalling the Ireland he grew up in, Pat Cox reminded the audience of the post-colonial cultural and economic dependency on the UK of that period, with whom 75% of Irish trade depended on up to the 1960s.
On labour market issues, quite apart from the blight of emigration, Cox recalled the antagonistic industrial relations climate in the Ireland of the time, which was also based on the British model: 'It was a process not of partnership, but of confrontation'.
Cox stated that in his view the 'greatest and most creative act of Irish sovereign independence was the moment when through pooling some of our sovereignty, we added real value to our small state's influence'.
www.ibec.ie /Sectors/ibb/IBBDoclib3.nsf/wvIBBICS/CD6027C5874330EC80256C52005D4B48?OpenDocument   (446 words)

  
 The Scottish Covenanting Struggle, Alexander Craighead, and the Mecklenburg Declaration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Perhaps readers are aware that two Declarations were written, the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence of May 21, 1775 and the Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776.
A careful examination of the Mecklenburg Declaration and the Mecklenburg Resolves with the Declaration of Independence and Articles shows marked similarities in words and ideas between the two documents.
The result was a flood of resolutions, the most important of which was the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence which became a pattern for our national Declaration of Independence.
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 1776: Biographiess of signers of the Declaration of Independence
It is significant that he was a Presbyterian, for the majority of Presbyterian clergy supported independence, and some in England referred to the Revolution as "the Presbyterian rebellion." By the end of the war, the prestige of the Presbyterian church was the highest of all denominations.
One year later he was chosen to write the draft of the Declaration of Independence.
As he had espoused the cause of independence, he was called as secretary of the Continental Congress in 1774, and retained that post until 1789, when that body was replaced with the new Congress under the Constitution.
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A comparative study of civil rights and liberties in Ireland, the U.K., and the U.S. other than those related to criminal procedure, including freedom of speech, accommodation of religious differences, privacy, and discrimination.
How different systems, such as the USA, France, England and Ireland, uncover, prosecute and punish crimes, including arrest and pretrial detention, search and seizure, interrogations and confessions, role of counsel, powers of the court, use of juries, involvement of the victim, nature of proof, presumptions of innocence, and exclusionary rules.
Identify and analyze the underlying assumptions and tensions in administering a criminal justice system consistent with the public interest, fairness to the accused, and justice for the victim.
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 Irish Broad Front Movement
The agreement runs contrary to the democratic wish of the Irish people to their sovereign independence as declared in the "Declaration of Independence" in 1919.
The agreement clearly acknowledges the wish of the overwhelming majority of the people of Ireland for a United Ireland, which would be in keeping with the democratic sovereign decision taken in 1918 for an end of British rule.
We believe Britain is mercilessly pursuing its war objectives under the banner of "peace", these objectives are the stabilisation of British state rule in Ireland and an attempt to assimilate Republican resistance into structures which neutralise any assertion of the people of Ireland to sovereignty and national self determination.
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 DutchReport: Dutch Declaration of Independence
Independent conservative parliamentary member Geert Wilders has written a political manifesto that will be the basis of his new political party he is organizing after he left the Dutch Liberal (VVD) party.
In this declaration of independence I plea for a number of serious measures, who restore our country to a state, as it should be: free, prosperous and independent.
They canceled their support for a monarch who thought that the people were there for him, instead that he was there for the people.
dutchreport.blogspot.com /2005/03/dutch-declaration-of-independence.html   (10125 words)

  
 Learn more about Ireland in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Learn more about Ireland in the online encyclopedia.
Enter a phrase or search word in the box below.
Hint: Play with putting spaces before and after your words to see the different results you get.
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 Dublin : Attractions : Historic Buildings & Monuments | Frommers.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Here the first Dáil Éireann (House of Representatives) assembled, in 1919, to adopt Ireland's Declaration of Independence and ratify the Proclamation of the Irish Republic by the insurgents of 1916.
Born at 44 Stafford St. in 1763 and graduated from Trinity College, Tone went on to spark a revolutionary fervor among the Irish.
His timeless contribution to Ireland and the world is commemorated in a semicircular assemblage of rough-hewn columns on the north side of Stephen's Green -- better known as "Tonehenge."
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