... to set an example for the rest of the world, as its forefathers of Franklin and Jefferson would have us believe, is still very much alive in the patriotism the majority of America indulges in. Today, however, this is known as American Exceptionalism', which is a concept associated very much with the city on the hill' analogy employed by Winthrop, in the ... in order to achieve this description of independence, but gives a much more spiteful, bitter tone than the initial talk of remorse. This, combined with the extensive attacks on King George's rule, was effective in persuading more rel...

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