The Declaration of Independence announced America's coming out to the rest of the world. Its ideals for the right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" were the first of its kind, and other countries took note. Historian David Armitage traces how Vietnam to Southern Rhodesia to New Zealand modeled their declarations after the United States.
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Declaration of Independence
Listen Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. in Politics
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David Armitage
author of "The Declaration of Independence: A Global History (Harvard Univ. Press); and History Professor, Harvard University
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