330 BC
Pytheas of Massalia was a Greek merchant, geographer and explorer who explored Britain and the waters north of Scotland. He described an island six days sailing north of Britain called “Thule.” This may refer to Iceland, but could also have been the coast of Norway, or the Shetland or Faroe Islands. Pytheas was the first person to record a description of the midnight sun, the aurora, and Polar ice.
They include the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The government has a responsibility to protect these rights. ... In the section, the Declaration of Independence lays out all of the transgressions of the King (and the British government) against the colonists.
By the 1690s, most New England colonies became more like the Rhode Island founders regarding their treatment of slaves, since Rhode Island had long detested slavery.
