The American Revolution, state sovereignty, and the American constitutional settlement, 1765-1800 /

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This book examines the ideological, political, and constitutional contexts of the Founding era from the drafting of the Articles of Confederation to the ratification of the Constitution and the Federalist-Jeffersonian political conflict. The author highlights the constitutional and theoretical impor...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Coleman, Aaron N. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, [2016]
Subjects:
1700-1799
Constitutional history > United States > 18th century.
States' rights (American politics) > History > 18th century.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis > 18e siècle.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Constitutional history
States' rights (American politics)
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • King-in-Colonial Assembly : The Background to State Sovereignty
  • Establishing and Debating the Nature of State Sovereignty : Articles of Confederation and the Politics of Early 1780s
  • Trying to Altering the Settlement : The Critical Period and the Constitutional Convention
  • Ratification the Constitution and Continuation of the Settlement
  • Preserving State Sovereignty : The Judiciary Act and the Tenth Amendment
  • Breaking the Promise : Hamiltonianism
  • The Settlement Defended : Republican Counter-Attack and the Eleventh Amendment
  • The Settlement Secured : Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions and the Defeat of the Federal Common Law
  • Conclusion.

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