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Today it’s natural to take the existence of the United States for granted, but the Declaration of Independence was anything but inevitable. In this talk, Professor Denver Brunsman of George Washington University will share the latest historical research and interpretation on America’s decision to break away from the British Empire. Declaring independence proved an anguished decision that took twelve years of unpopular British policies and a war to produce. The founding moment of the United States holds valuable lessons for the challenges that the country has always faced in fully unifying.