LEADER 05823nam 2200697 450 001 9910817593103321 005 20230607225247.0 010 $a0-7425-2068-4 010 $a0-7425-8010-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000001111037 035 $a(EBL)1351164 035 $a(OCoLC)856627085 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000983146 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12371775 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000983146 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10988621 035 $a(PQKB)11636870 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1351164 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1351164 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10923996 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL510929 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001111037 100 $a20140913h20012001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe first The first American constitutions $eRepublican ideology and the making of the state constitutions in the Revolutionary era / |c Willi Paul Adams ; translated by Rita and Robert Kimber ; with a foreword by Richard B. Morris.constitutions : |b Republican ideology and the making of the state constitutions in the Revolutionary era /$fWilli Paul Adams ; translated by Rita and Robert Kimber ; with a foreword by Richard B. Morris 205 $aExpanded edition. 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,$d2001. 210 4$dİ2001 215 $a1 online resource (401 p.) 300 $a"A Madison House Book." 311 $a0-7425-2069-2 311 $a1-299-79678-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTitle Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Foreword by Richard B. Morris; Contents; Preface; Preface to the Expanded Edition; INTRODUCTION; The First American Constitutions; Republicanism, Federalism, and Constitutionalism; The English Constitution in the Eighteenth Century; The Colonists' Theory of Empire; The American Concept of a Constitution; The Founding Spirit; 1. GOVERNMENT BY CONGRESSES AND COMMITTEES, 1773 -1776; The Assumption of Power; Units of Revolutionary Action; A Case Study: The Assumption of Power in Massachusetts 327 $aThe Committees of Correspondence and the First Continental CongressThe End of Government by Congresses and Committees; 2. THE ROLE OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRES S, 1775-1776; Massachusetts Requests Advice; A Model Constitution for All the States?; The Initiatives of New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Virginia; The Resolution of May 10 and 15, 1776; 3. ""CHOOSING DEPUTIES TO FORM A GOVERNMENT"": THE MAKING OF THE FIRST STATE CONSTITUTIONS; Organizing the ""Constituent Power""; Connecticut and Rhode Island; The State Constitutions, 1776-1780; Constituent Power on the Frontier 327 $aPractical Limits of the Constituent Power4. ""REPUBLIC"" AND ""DEMOCRACY"" IN POLITICAL RHETORIC; ""Republican"" as a Smear Word; Criticism of Monarchical Government; Avowal of Republicanism; ""Republic"" and ""Democracy"" as Synonyms; The Federalists' Usage in 1787; 5. 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; 6. POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY; A European Perspective; Sovereignty Modifted by Federalism 327 $aThe Sovereignty Clauses in the State ConstitutionsThe Right to Resist Government; The Right to Change a Constitution; Sovereignty Limited by Civil Rights; Popular Sovereignty as the Criterion of Political Radicalism; 7. LIBERTY; An Asylum for Which Liberty?; English Liberties and the Debate on Colonial Government and Independence; Liberty and Liberties in the State Constitutions; Liberty and Law; Liberty and Property; 8. EQUALITY; Equality in the Empire; Equality in the Declaration of lndependence; Equality Clauses in the Bills of Rights; Education and Property as Factors of Inequality 327 $aRace as a Factor of InequalityMembers Only; 9. PROPERTY; The Colonists and the ""Natural Right of Property""; Property Clauses in the State Constitutions; Primogeniture and Entail; Property Qualifications for Voting; The Restrictive Effect of Property Qualifications; Justification and Criticism of Property Qualifications; 10. THE COMMON GOOD; The Common Good versus Colonial Rule; The Common Good in the State Constitutions; ""Public good is, as it were, a common bank""; Parties, Representation, and the Common Good; 11. REPRESENTATION; ""Virtual"" Representation and the Colonial Assemblies 327 $aRepresentative Democracy 330 $aFor the last twenty years this book has been cited by every serious writer on early American constitutional development. Any constitutional history of the independent United States must begin with this comprehensive study. 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