The first American Constitutions : Republican ideology and the making of the State constitutions in the Revolutionary era / Willi Paul Adams ; translated by Rita and Robert Kimber ; with a foreword by Richard B. Morris.
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Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press,
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Government by Congresses and Committees, 1773-1776
- The Role of the Continental Congress, 1775-1776
- "Choosing Deputies to Form a Government": The Making of the First State Constitutions
- "Republic" and "Democracy" in Political Rhetoric
- Forms versus Principles of Government: Harnessing Enlightenment Ideas to Anglo-American Institutions
- Popular Sovereignty
- Liberty
- Equality
- Property
- The Common Good
- Representation
- The Separation of Powers
- Federalism
- Appendixes
- Bibliography
- Index.