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An ongoing choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"287\" data-end=\"439\"\u003eIn 1776, a radical claim was made: that legitimate government derives its power not from kings, bloodlines, or force—but from the consent of the people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"441\" data-end=\"477\"\u003eFrom that idea, an experiment began.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"537\"\u003eNearly 250 years later, that experiment is still underway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"539\" data-end=\"769\"\u003eThis shirt is part of the American Experiment @ 250 (AE250) collection—a reflection on the principle that authority in a democracy is not assumed. 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