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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... Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Roots of the Republic : American founding documents interpreted / edited by Stephen L. Schechter , with the assistance of Richard B. Bernstein . p . cm . 1st ed . " Published for the New York ...
... Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Roots of the Republic : American founding documents interpreted / edited by Stephen L. Schechter , with the assistance of Richard B. Bernstein . p . cm . 1st ed . " Published for the New York ...
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... Congress : Powers Article I , 8 Congress : Limits Article I , 9 Article IX Judiciary Article III Article X [ Executive ] Committee of Article II the States Article XI Admission of Canada , New States Article IV , 3 Article XII ...
... Congress : Powers Article I , 8 Congress : Limits Article I , 9 Article IX Judiciary Article III Article X [ Executive ] Committee of Article II the States Article XI Admission of Canada , New States Article IV , 3 Article XII ...
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... Congress of 1754 but with the formation of the New England Confederation in 1643. The Albany proposals occurred midway through a list of approx- imately two dozen proposals for federating or uniting the colonies or states , even though ...
... Congress of 1754 but with the formation of the New England Confederation in 1643. The Albany proposals occurred midway through a list of approx- imately two dozen proposals for federating or uniting the colonies or states , even though ...
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... 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 Congress ...
... 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 Congress ...
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... Congress adopted the Dec- laration of Independence , debated and approved the Articles of Con- federation , and submitted the Articles to the states for ratification . The Articles were then debated in the states at the same time that ...
... Congress adopted the Dec- laration of Independence , debated and approved the Articles of Con- federation , and submitted the Articles to the states for ratification . The Articles were then debated in the states at the same time that ...
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