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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... officials served one - year terms ; magistrates and deputies could serve more than one year in a row ; however , the governor could not serve two consecutive terms . Beyond this basic overview of the institutions , several observations ...
... officials served one - year terms ; magistrates and deputies could serve more than one year in a row ; however , the governor could not serve two consecutive terms . Beyond this basic overview of the institutions , several observations ...
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... its own officials . Yet Andros again crossed over to Elizabeth- town in June , met with an assembly designed to replicate the function of the Hempstead Assembly of 1665 , asked them to THE NEW YORK CHARTER OF LIBERTIES 53.
... its own officials . Yet Andros again crossed over to Elizabeth- town in June , met with an assembly designed to replicate the function of the Hempstead Assembly of 1665 , asked them to THE NEW YORK CHARTER OF LIBERTIES 53.
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... officials who tried to implement it . Public meetings among the English towns on Long Island called loudly for political reform . So did the court of assizes . With several prominent merchants already deserting the colony for the ...
... officials who tried to implement it . Public meetings among the English towns on Long Island called loudly for political reform . So did the court of assizes . With several prominent merchants already deserting the colony for the ...
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... officials . From there , re- sistance spread to the New England population of eastern Long Island and soon reached New York City . As men who owed their public careers to James , Andros and Nicholson both tried to suppress all news of ...
... officials . From there , re- sistance spread to the New England population of eastern Long Island and soon reached New York City . As men who owed their public careers to James , Andros and Nicholson both tried to suppress all news of ...
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... officials to hold power in the colony . They did not dare repudiate James until certain beyond any question that he had lost and that they could work with William . To them the Leislerian triumph looked disturbingly like the Dutch ...
... officials to hold power in the colony . They did not dare repudiate James until certain beyond any question that he had lost and that they could work with William . To them the Leislerian triumph looked disturbingly like the Dutch ...
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