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Independence Day: How did they survive the 1770s?

by Andy Smith  |  July 1, 2011 9:32am PDT  |  Image 1 of 14

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On July 4, 1776 members of the Continental Congress approved and signed the Declaration of Independence - creating the United States of America. But it took days for the word to spread across the new nation and England's King George III wouldn't see the document for weeks. Now, what if they had today's technology in 1776?

The real Declaration of Independence.

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Tim Patterson 2nd Jul
Thanks for that
... I knew all along that the Constitution was open source...

Not sure if Thomas Jefferson used GPL v2.0 or v3.0.

Stallman sure looks like Ben Franklin... but on crack and meth...
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Tim Patterson 2nd Jul
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