Founding America (Barnes & Noble Classics) - Jack N. Rakove [0]
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Founding America:
Introduction
THE IMPERIAL DISPUTE
FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
ART. I.
ART. II.
ART. III.
ART. IV.
ART. V.
ART. VI.
ART. VII.
ART. VIII.
ART. IX.
ART. X.
ART. XI.
ART. XII.
ART. XIII.
“REMEMBER THE LADIES
INVENTING A REPUBLIC
A DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE COMMON-WEALTH, OR STATE ...
PLAN OR FRAME OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OR STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
INDEPENDENCE
DRAFTING THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
REFORMING THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
REFORMING THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
GEORGE WASHINGTON
POLITICAL REFORMERS
Query XIII (excerpt) - The constitution of the State and its several characters?
Query XIV (excerpt) - The administration of justice and the description of ...
Query XVII
Query XVIII
Query XIX
THE ROAD TO PHILADELPHIA
RIVAL VISIONS OF UNION
RESOLUTIONS PROPOSED BY MR RANDOLPH IN CONVENTION. MAY 29, 1787.
Adjourned
GETTING DOWN TO DETAILS
ARTICLE I
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III
IV
V
VI
VII [VI]
VIII [VII]
IX [VIII]
X [IX]
XI [X]
XII [XI]
XIII [XII]
XIV [XIII]
XV [XIV]
XVI [XV]
XVII [XVI]
XVIII [XVII]
XIX [XVIII]
XX [XIX]
XXI [XX]
XXII [XXI]
XXIII [XXII]
THE CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE. I.
ARTICLE. II.
ARTICLE. III.
ARTICLE. IV.
ARTICLE. V.
ARTICLE. VI.
ARTICLE. VII.
A MORE PERFECT UNION
THE CASE AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION
I
II
III
IV
V
PUBLIUS REPLIES
THE PROBLEM OF DECLARING RIGHTS
PROPOSING AMENDMENTS
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
DEBATES
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
FRAMING THE BILL OF RIGHTS
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES In the HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES,
ARTICLE THE FIRST.
ARTICLE THE SECOND.
ARTICLE THE THIRD.
ARTICLE THE FOURTH.
ARTICLE THE FIFTH.
ARTICLE THE SIXTH.
ARTICLE THE SEVENTH.
ARTICLE THE EIGHTH.
ARTICLE THE NINTH.
ARTICLE THE TENTH.
ARTICLE THE ELEVENTH.
ARTICLE THE TWELFTH.
ARTICLE THE THIRTEENTH.
ARTICLE THE FOURTEENTH.
ARTICLE THE FIFTEENTH.
ARTICLE THE SIXTEENTH.
ARTICLE THE SEVENTEENTH.
ARTICLE THE FIRST.
ARTICLE THE SECOND.
ARTICLE THE THIRD.
ARTICLE THE FOURTH.
ARTICLE THE FIFTH.
ARTICLE THE SIXTH.
ARTICLE THE SEVENTH.
ARTICLE THE EIGHTH.
ARTICLE THE NINTH.
ARTICLE THE TENTH.
ARTICLE THE ELEVENTH.
ARTICLE THE TWELFTH.
ARTICLE THE FIRST.
ARTICLE THE SECOND.
ARTICLE THE THIRD.
ARTICLE THE FOURTH.
ARTICLE THE FIFTH.
ARTICLE THE SIXTH.
ARTICLE THE SEVENTH.
ARTICLE THE EIGHTH.
ARTICLE THE NINTH.
ARTICLE THE TENTH.
ARTICLE THE ELEVENTH.
ARTICLE THE TWELFTH.
AMENDMENT I
AMENDMENT II
AMENDMENT III
AMENDMENT IV
AMENDMENT V
AMENDMENT VI
AMENDMENT VII
AMENDMENT VIII
AMENDMENT IX
AMENDMENT X
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From the Pages of Founding America
However peaceably your Colonies have submitted to your Government,
shewn their Affection to your Interest, and patiently borne
their Grievances, you are to suppose them always inclined to revolt,
and treat them accordingly.
(from Benjamin Franklin: “Rules by Which a Great Empire
May Be Reduced to a Small One,” page 13)
I long to hear that you have declared an independancy—and by the
way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for
you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more
generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put
such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember
all Men would be tyrants if they could.
(from a letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, March 31, 1776, page 68)
We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created
equal; that they are endowed by their creator with [certain] inherent
and inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty & the
pursuit of happiness: that to secure these rights, governments are
instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent
of the governed.
(from a draft of the Declaration of Independence,
by Thomas Jefferson, page 124)
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