A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American ConstitutionHarcourt, 2002 - 310 sider We know and love the story of the American Revolution, from the Declaration of Independence to Cornwallis's defeat. We forget, though, that the Articles of Confederation and our first attempts at self-government were disasters; the post-revolutionary Confederation slipped quickly into factional bickering and economic crisis. In 1787, a group of lawyers and politicians, some famous and others just ordinary men, journeyed to Philadelphia, determined to create a more stable framework of government, hoping that it would last long enough to bring an end to the crisis. Revealing that the story of that amazing summer in Philadelphia is more complicated and much more interesting than we have imagined, Carol Berkin makes you feel as if you were there, listening to the arguments, getting to know the framers, and appreciating the difficult and critical decisions being made. Using history as a kind of time travel, Berkin takes the reader into the hearts and minds of the founders, explaining their mind-sets, their fears, and their very limited expectations. By telling a story that is more hallowed than understood, Berkin brings us into the world of eighteenth-century America and shows us the human side of a great accomplishment. |
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... governors . Most delegates still carried the scars of struggles for control between king and colonists and between governors and assemblymen . Many a royal governor , either a novice bureaucrat or a man in the twilight of his career ...
... governors . Most delegates still carried the scars of struggles for control between king and colonists and between governors and assemblymen . Many a royal governor , either a novice bureaucrat or a man in the twilight of his career ...
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... governor . But it was one thing to trust a state executive and quite another to put faith in a national one . The problem was largely a matter of scale . A state governor was a local man whose welfare was intimately entwined with the ...
... governor . But it was one thing to trust a state executive and quite another to put faith in a national one . The problem was largely a matter of scale . A state governor was a local man whose welfare was intimately entwined with the ...
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... governor in 1789 , an of- fice he held until 1792 , and in 1790 he chaired the state con- stitutional convention . At first a Federalist , Pinckney slowly began to shift his allegiances . He opposed the Jay Treaty and began to align ...
... governor in 1789 , an of- fice he held until 1792 , and in 1790 he chaired the state con- stitutional convention . At first a Federalist , Pinckney slowly began to shift his allegiances . He opposed the Jay Treaty and began to align ...
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Doing History: Investigating with Children in Elementary and Middle Schools Linda S. Levstik,Keith C. Barton Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2005 |
Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations Craig Nelson Begrenset visning - 2007 |