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July 4 is celebrated as Independence Day, commemorating the founding of the United States. But creating a new nation involved much more than signing the Declaration of Independence. The nation's founders had to struggle with creating a new form of government, and uniting a group of largely independent states under a single constitution.
- What was the concept of democracy on July 4, 1776?
- What is the concept of democracy today?
- How were states with different needs and goals able to unite to create a single governing document?
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