More than 200 years ago, the Founding Fathers gathered in Philadelphia to pen a document declaring the North American colonies free from British rule. Today, the Declaration of Independence is often cited by some groups as proof that the founders believed in a limited government. But Yale professor Steven Pincus argues that the founders actually thought the British did too little for the colonies, in his new book, The Heart of the Declaration: The Founders’ Case for an Activist Government . He discussed his views on the Knowledge at Wharton show, which airs on SiriusXM channel 111 . An edited transcript of the conversation follows. Knowledge at Wharton: This book is your review of the Declaration of Independence? Steven Pincus: That’s right. I start from the perspective that all of the founders were British Americans before they were Americans, so I think about their engagement with British political debate. That’s kind of the starting point of my revision.…