The Constitutional Convention and the Formation of the UnionWinton U. Solberg University of Illinois Press, 1990 - 428 sider This book contains James Madison's notes on the debates which provide a first-hand view of the drafting of the nation's fundamental charter. An introduction by Solberg places the origins of the Constitution in the broader historical perspective of the development of political theory and constitutional practice in Western civilization. The book also links the formation of the Constitution to the events of the American Revolution from the Stamp Act Crisis to the Bill of Rights. Solberg provides background on the ratification of the Constitution, biographical sketches of each participant in the Philadelphia Convention, and population figures on which representation was to be based. - Back cover. |
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... INDEPENDENT STATES ; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown , and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain , is and ought to be totally dis- solved ; and that as Free and Independent ...
... INDEPENDENT STATES ; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown , and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain , is and ought to be totally dis- solved ; and that as Free and Independent ...
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... independent nations , pre - eminent over their neighbours , the same remark was veri- fied .... Were the large States formidable singly to their smaller neighbours ? On this supposition the latter ought to wish for such a general Govt ...
... independent nations , pre - eminent over their neighbours , the same remark was veri- fied .... Were the large States formidable singly to their smaller neighbours ? On this supposition the latter ought to wish for such a general Govt ...
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... independent & as firm as the democratic . If the members of it are to revert to a dependence on the demo- cratic choice , the democratic scale will preponderate . ... To make it independent , it should be for life . It will then do ...
... independent & as firm as the democratic . If the members of it are to revert to a dependence on the demo- cratic choice , the democratic scale will preponderate . ... To make it independent , it should be for life . It will then do ...
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THE GENESIS OF AMERICAN | xiii |
THE CONFEDERATION | xviii |
CONTENTS AND SOURCES OF DOCUMENTS | cxii |
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