The
1776
Report
The President’s Advisory 1776 Commission
January 2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Introduction .......................................................................... 1
II. The meaning of the declaration.......................... 2
III. A constitution of principles .................................... 6
IV. Challenges to America’s Principles ................... 10
Slavery............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 10
Progressivism ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Fascism ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Communism ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Racism and Identity Politics .............................................................................................................................. 15
V. The Task of National Renewal ............................. 16
The Role of the Family ..................................................................................................................................................... 17
Teaching America ....................................................................................................................................................................... 17
A Scholarship of Freedom......................................................................................................................................... 18
The American Mind ................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Reverence for the Laws ................................................................................................................................................. 19
VI. CONCLUSION............................................................................. 20
Appendix I: The declaration of independence...............................21
Appendix II: Faith and America’s Principles .................................... 24
Appendix III: Created Equal or Identity Politics?...................... 29
Appendix IV: Teaching Americans about Their Country .... 34
The President’s Advisory 1776 Commission
