Roots of the Republic: American Founding Documents InterpretedStephen L. Schechter Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1. nov. 1991 - 472 strani Roots of the Republic shows how the Constitution was a product, not simply of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, but of a legal and philosophical tradition almost two centuries old. The editors have selected eighteen key documents in the development of that tradition and reproduced them with essays that explain what they mean, why they were written, and why they are important today. Each key document is accompanied by an interpretive essay written by a contemporary scholar. These essays focus on the importance of each frame of government and include commentaries on why they are meaningful today. Intended to help readers learn how to read and understand these documents, the book is also a handy reference and a strong introduction to the development of political thought and the debates surrounding the formation of the state governments and the federal union. |
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... towns to " assotiate and conjoyne our selves to be as one Publike State or Commonwelthe ... " By contrast , the New York Charter of Liberties ( 1683 ) is " granted by his Royall Highnesse to the Inhabitants of New Yorke ... For better ...
... towns to " assotiate and conjoyne our selves to be as one Publike State or Commonwelthe ... " By contrast , the New York Charter of Liberties ( 1683 ) is " granted by his Royall Highnesse to the Inhabitants of New Yorke ... For better ...
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... towns of New Haven , Guilford , Milford , Stamford , Branford , and Southold . The last town was across Long Island Sound and on Long Island , which is now part of the State of New York . Each town in these two colonies had its own ...
... towns of New Haven , Guilford , Milford , Stamford , Branford , and Southold . The last town was across Long Island Sound and on Long Island , which is now part of the State of New York . Each town in these two colonies had its own ...
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... towns of Saybrook , New London , Fairfield , and Norwalk as well as East Hampton and South Hampton on Long Island ... town agreed to join under the charter in 1665 , the Colony of Connecticut took the final shape known today as the ...
... towns of Saybrook , New London , Fairfield , and Norwalk as well as East Hampton and South Hampton on Long Island ... town agreed to join under the charter in 1665 , the Colony of Connecticut took the final shape known today as the ...
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... town's deputies . The General Court was allowed to add more names during the September session . Then it passed any ... town . I. The deputies were elected by the inhabitants of their town to represent the town in the legislature ...
... town's deputies . The General Court was allowed to add more names during the September session . Then it passed any ... town . I. The deputies were elected by the inhabitants of their town to represent the town in the legislature ...
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... towns continued to have their own governments . The town meetings , composed of its freemen , elected a mayor and a town council , often called a council of selectmen . The mayor functioned exactly like the governor on the local level ...
... towns continued to have their own governments . The town meetings , composed of its freemen , elected a mayor and a town council , often called a council of selectmen . The mayor functioned exactly like the governor on the local level ...
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Roots of the Republic: American Founding Documents Interpreted Stephen L. Schechter,Richard B. Bernstein,Donald S. Lutz Prikaz kratkega opisa - 1990 |
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