Roots of the Republic: American Founding Documents InterpretedStephen L. Schechter Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 01 նոյ, 1991 թ. - 472 էջ 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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... delegates and petitions to Fairfield . In 1663 , the General Court granted Pell a license , recognizing his earlier land purchase and authorizing his additional purchase of adjacent lands to the east . On June 24 , 1664 , Pell granted ...
... delegates and petitions to Fairfield . In 1663 , the General Court granted Pell a license , recognizing his earlier land purchase and authorizing his additional purchase of adjacent lands to the east . On June 24 , 1664 , Pell granted ...
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... 1664 , Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan et al . , eds . , Documents relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York ( Albany , 1853-87 ) , 14 : 561 . Many of the thirty - four delegates to that assembly 48 ROOTS OF THE REPUBLIC.
... 1664 , Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan et al . , eds . , Documents relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York ( Albany , 1853-87 ) , 14 : 561 . Many of the thirty - four delegates to that assembly 48 ROOTS OF THE REPUBLIC.
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... delegates ' assent . He boasted that he had laid " the foundations of Kingly Government in these parts , " and that he had revised the New England codes in a way that would “ revive the Memory of old England amongst us . For Democracy ...
... delegates ' assent . He boasted that he had laid " the foundations of Kingly Government in these parts , " and that he had revised the New England codes in a way that would “ revive the Memory of old England amongst us . For Democracy ...
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... delegates were English . Of the five known Dutch members , three were conspicuous anglicizers - that is , they fully ... delegate from Sche- nectady may have matched that description . In other words , any po- tential Orange party in New ...
... delegates were English . Of the five known Dutch members , three were conspicuous anglicizers - that is , they fully ... delegate from Sche- nectady may have matched that description . In other words , any po- tential Orange party in New ...
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... delegates to sit on his extemporized committee of safety . So long as the legitimacy of his own position seemed precarious , he recognized a need to diffuse responsibility for the revolution as broadly as possible . Elections met this ...
... delegates to sit on his extemporized committee of safety . So long as the legitimacy of his own position seemed precarious , he recognized a need to diffuse responsibility for the revolution as broadly as possible . Elections met this ...
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