| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
King-in-Colonial Assembly : The Background to State Sovereignty -- Establishing and Debating the Nature of State Sovereignty : Articles of Confederation and the Politics of Early 1780s -- Trying to Altering the Settlement : The Critical Period and the Constitutional Convention -- Ratification the Constitution and Continuation of the Settlement -- Preserving State Sovereignty : The Judiciary Act and the Tenth Amendment -- Breaking the Promise : Hamiltonianism -- The Settlement Defended : Republican Counter-Attack and the Eleventh Amendment -- The Settlement Secured : Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions and the Defeat of the Federal Common Law -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
This book examines the ideological, political, and constitutional contexts of the Founding era from the drafting of the Articles of Confederation to the ratification of the Constitution and the Federalist-Jeffersonian political conflict. The author highlights the constitutional and theoretical importance of state sovereignty during the Revolutionary period. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Constitutional history -- United States -- 18th century.
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Constitutional history. |
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United States. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
States' rights (American politics) -- History -- 18th century.
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History. |
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LAW -- Constitutional. |
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States' rights (American politics) |
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LAW -- Public. |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Coleman, Aaron N. American Revolution, state sovereignty, and the American constitutional settlement, 1765-1800. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2016 9781498500623 (DLC) 2015046068 |
| ISBN |
9781498500630 (Electronic) |
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1498500633 |
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9781498500623 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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