What Made Them Patriots

Hillsdale's Bradley J. Birzer joins James Patterson to talk about the Declaration of Independence. They discuss the American colonies' devout Protestantism, their love of the classics, and their identification with the Anglo-Saxon constitutional tradition. Birzer concludes with a stirring assessment of why the Constitution matters. Related Links The Declaration of Independence: A Radical Experiment in Liberty by Bradley J. Birzer Penman of the Founding: A Biography of John Dickinson by Jane E. Calvert Thomas Jefferson and the Fight Against Slavery by Cara Rogers Stevens Vital Remnants: America's Founding and the Western Tradition edited by Gary L. Gregg II The Language of Liberty by J. C. D. Clark