# “Creating a Nation”: The Declaration of Independence and the Nation Anachronism

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Published: 2026-05-29T14:02:01+00:00
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## Resource

Viewing the Declaration of Independence as the act that created one consolidated American nation is a common historical anachronism, which projects a later nationalist understanding backward onto the founding era. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/creating-nation-declaration-independence-and-nation-anachronism

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