Video Podcasts

Did the Declaration of Independence Actually Have Legal Authority?

Image of Adel Aali (program host) and his guest, Dr. Edward Larson, superimposed on the Betsy Ross flag, along with the cover image of Dr. Larson's recent book "Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Matters". Visit AARevolution.net for more images of the American Revolution and for interviews of scholars with Adel Aali.

Introduction In this interview: “They have to wait for the colonies to give them authority to go along with this. So the whole status of exactly the authority of the Declaration of Independence, it couldn’t stand alone. It required each colony to also declare independence, which they basically did.” Watch this segment in the video […]

1776: Seven Months That Changed America

Image of Adel Aali (program host) and his guest, Dr. Edward Larson, superimposed on the Betsy Ross flag, along with the cover image of Dr. Larson's recent book "Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Matters". Visit AARevolution.net for more images of the American Revolution and for interviews of scholars with Adel Aali.

Introduction In this interview: “1776 witnesses the drafting of the first written constitutions in the history of the world. Those were those new state constitutions that Congress called for in May of 1776. So that’s why this year was not a rebellion. That’s why this year was a revolutionary transformation in government…” Watch this segment […]