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2nd ed. |
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xliii, 378 pages ; 19 cm. |
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Documents : From the Royal Proclamation on North America -- From James Otis's Rights of the British Colonies -- A Remonstrance from the Pennsylvania Frontier -- The Virginia Resolves on the Stamp Act : Patrick Henry's Speech, from different sources; The Resolves -- Soame Jenyn's Objections to the Taxation of our American Colonies by the Legislature of Great Britain, briefly considered -- From Daniel Dulany's Considerations on the Propriety of imposing Taxes in the British Colonies ... by Act of Parliament -- Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress -- From Dickinson's Farmer's Letters -- Indian Diplomacy. From the Proceedings of a Congress of the Six Nations ... before Sir William Johnson -- From the Report of the Board of Trade and Plantations on the Western Problem -- The Acts of Trade and Navigation. Instructions by the Commissioners of the Customs in America -- The Regulator Movement in North Carolina. Petition of a Frontier County -- Proceedings of the Town of Boston -- Additional Instructions to the Colonial Governors -- The Massachusetts Government Act -- From the Quebec Act -- From James Wilson's Considerations on the Authority of Parliament -- Joseph Galloway's Plan of the Union -- Declaration and Resolves of the Continental Congress -- The Association -- From John Adams's Novanglus -- Franklin on the Galloway Plan and North Resolution -- Letters of Joseph Warren to Arthur Lee -- Declaration of Causes of Taking up Arms -- Approaching Independence : John Adams to James Warren ; Congress recommends the formation of State Governments. |
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Virginia Bill of Rights -- Constitution of Virginia -- Declaration of Independence -- Constitution of Pennsylvania -- Concord Town Meeting demands a Constitutional Convention -- Articles of Confederation -- Royal Instructions to the Peace Commission -- Resolution of Congress on Public Lands and New States -- Ordinance of Congress on Public Lands -- Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty -- The Background of Shays's Rebellion : Petition from the Town of Greenwich, Mass ; Petition of a County Convention -- Letters on the Internal Situation : John Jay to Washington ; Washington to John Jay ; Washington to Henry Lee ; The French charge' d'affaires at New York to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs -- Northwest Ordinance -- Selections from Debates in the Federal Convention : The Randolph or Virginia Resolutions ; Democracy and the Lower House ; Monarchy and the Executive ; Safety and the Senate ; The New Jersey Plan. Small States v. Large States ; Alexander Hamilton's Ideas ; Corruption and Government ; Senators' Term of Office ; Sectional Interests and the Federal Ratio ; Qualification for Suffrage ; Foreigners and the Senate ; Slave Trade and Navigation Acts -- Constitution of the United States -- Gouverneur Morris to Washington -- Selections from Debates in the Virginia Ratifying Convention : The General Issue ; John Marshall on the Judiciary ; Personalities ; Pervious v. Subsequent Amendments. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes.
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United States. Constitution.
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United States Constitution.
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American Revolution (1775-1783) (OCoLC)fst01351668
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Constitution (United States) (OCoLC)fst01356075
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1775-1783
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
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