Roots of the Republic: American Founding Documents InterpretedStephen L. Schechter Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1991 M11 1 - 472 páginas Roots of the Republic shows how the Constitution was a product, not simply of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, but of a legal and philosophical tradition almost two centuries old. The editors have selected eighteen key documents in the development of that tradition and reproduced them with essays that explain what they mean, why they were written, and why they are important today. Each key document is accompanied by an interpretive essay written by a contemporary scholar. These essays focus on the importance of each frame of government and include commentaries on why they are meaningful today. Intended to help readers learn how to read and understand these documents, the book is also a handy reference and a strong introduction to the development of political thought and the debates surrounding the formation of the state governments and the federal union. |
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... Albany Plan of Union , 1754 106 Commentary by Thomas E. Burke VII . John Adams's Thoughts on Government , 1776 118 Commentary by Richard B. Bernstein VIII . The Declaration of Independence , 1776 138 Commentary by Donald S. Lutz IX ...
... Albany Plan of Union , 1754 106 Commentary by Thomas E. Burke VII . John Adams's Thoughts on Government , 1776 118 Commentary by Richard B. Bernstein VIII . The Declaration of Independence , 1776 138 Commentary by Donald S. Lutz IX ...
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... Albany Plan of Union ) , states ( as in the Articles of Confederation , which was our first constitution ) , or peoples of the several states ( as in the United States Constitution of 1787 ) . Documents categorized at the third level ...
... Albany Plan of Union ) , states ( as in the Articles of Confederation , which was our first constitution ) , or peoples of the several states ( as in the United States Constitution of 1787 ) . Documents categorized at the third level ...
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... Albany Plan of Union illustrates an important shift in focus from colonial foundings to intercolonial relations . This dimension of the American founding experience began not with the Albany Congress of 1754 but with the formation of ...
... Albany Plan of Union illustrates an important shift in focus from colonial foundings to intercolonial relations . This dimension of the American founding experience began not with the Albany Congress of 1754 but with the formation of ...
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... Albany Congress is that its vote on a plan of union " represented the consensus of opinion of the most representative and politically capable and experienced body of colonials from the thirteen colonies to meet prior to the Stamp Act ...
... Albany Congress is that its vote on a plan of union " represented the consensus of opinion of the most representative and politically capable and experienced body of colonials from the thirteen colonies to meet prior to the Stamp Act ...
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... Albany ( another of the duke's titles ) , and the most English parts of New Netherland- Long Island ( half of which he took from Connecticut ) and what is now the Bronx and Westchester - were organized as a county called York- shire ...
... Albany ( another of the duke's titles ) , and the most English parts of New Netherland- Long Island ( half of which he took from Connecticut ) and what is now the Bronx and Westchester - were organized as a county called York- shire ...
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