Jean-Jacques Rousseau publishes The Social Contract, arguing in Book IV, Chapters 3 and 5 that democracy will only work at the local level, and is actually a dangerous form of government when applied to a nation-state.

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Subsequent Events:

7/23/1765                   3/9/1776

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Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,190,276,558,466

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