| Edition |
Expanded ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 378 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-365) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Richard B. Morris -- First American Constitutions -- Republicanism, Federalism, and Constitutionalism -- English Constitution in the Eighteenth Century -- Colonists' Theory of Empire -- American Concept of a Constitution -- Founding Spirit -- Government by Congresses and Committees, 1773-1776 -- Assumption of Power -- Units of Revolutionary Action -- A Case Study: The Assumption of Power in Massachusetts -- Committees of Correspondence and the First Continental Congress -- End of Government by Congresses and Committees -- Role of the Continental Congress, 1775-1776 -- Massachusetts Requests Advice -- A Model Constitution for All the States? -- Initiatives of New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Virginia -- Resolution of May 10 and 15, 1776 -- "Choosing Deputies to Form a Government": The Making of the First State Constitutions -- Organizing the "Constituent Power" -- Connecticut and Rhode Island -- State Constitutions, 1776-1780 -- Constituent Power on the Frontier -- Practical Limits of the Constituent Power -- "Republic" and "Democracy" in Political Rhetoric -- "Republican" as a Smear Word -- Criticism of Monarchical Government -- Avowal of Republicanism -- "Republic" and "Democracy" as Synonyms -- Federalists' Usage in 1787 -- Forms versus Principles of Government: Harnessing Enlightenment Ideas to Anglo-American Institutions -- Forms versus Principles -- Thomas Paine and John Adams -- Ten Principles of Republican Government -- Popular Sovereignty. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Constitutional history -- United States -- States.
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Constitutional history. |
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United States. |
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United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1775 |
| Subject |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
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| Chronological Term |
1775-1783 |
| Subject |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789.
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| Chronological Term |
1783-1789 |
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To 1789 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Republikanische Verfassung und bürgerliche Freiheit. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00096145
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Adams, Willi Paul, 1940- Republikanische Verfassung und bürgerliche Freiheit. English. First American constitutions. Expanded ed. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2001 0742520684 (DLC) 00030457 (OCoLC)43936733 |
| ISBN |
9780742580107 (electronic book) |
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0742580105 (electronic book) |
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0742520684 |
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9780742520684 |
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0742520692 |
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9780742520691 |
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094561277X |
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9780945612773 |
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0945612788 |
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9780945612780 |
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