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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... interests was their state government and the best role for the national govern- ment was as a forum in which the states could gather . They readily conceded the failures of the Confederation . They readily endorsed the decision to ...
... interests was their state government and the best role for the national govern- ment was as a forum in which the states could gather . They readily conceded the failures of the Confederation . They readily endorsed the decision to ...
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... interests . It did not matter that Alexander Hamilton had tried to dismiss the fears of domination among the small - state delegates by insisting that the large states would never find any issue that would unite them in the new ...
... interests . It did not matter that Alexander Hamilton had tried to dismiss the fears of domination among the small - state delegates by insisting that the large states would never find any issue that would unite them in the new ...
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... interests . Per- haps more importantly , local citizens might suspect their own delegates of selling out their interests . Fortunately , the veteran politicians of the Committee on Style anticipated the problem . They included a letter ...
... interests . Per- haps more importantly , local citizens might suspect their own delegates of selling out their interests . Fortunately , the veteran politicians of the Committee on Style anticipated the problem . They included a letter ...
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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 |