The Formative Years, 1607-1763
Author: Clarence Lester Ver Steeg
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 362
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Clarence Lester Ver Steeg
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 362
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Clarence L. Ver Steeg
Publisher: Hill & Wang
Published: 1998-12-01
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780809001378
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Clarence Lester Ver Steeg
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Published: 1964
Total Pages: 342
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Clarence Lester Ver Steeg
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Published: 1966
Total Pages: 342
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: H. Lowell Brown
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2017-05-24
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 1683930487
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The book is a work of non-fiction. The book is a historical analysis of the evolution of a uniquely American constitutionalism that began with the original English royal charters for the exploration and exploitation of North America. When the U.S. Constitution was written in 1787, the accepted conception of a constitution was that of the British constitution, upon which the colonists had relied in asserting their rights with respect to the imperium, comprised of ancient documents, parliamentary enactments, administrative regulations, judicial pronouncements, and established custom. Of equal significance, the laws comprising the constitution did not differ from other statutes and as a consequence, there was no law endowed with greater sanctity than other legislative enactments. In framing the revolutionary state constitutions following the retreat of the crown governments in the colonies, as well as the later federal Constitution, the Revolutionaries fundamentally reconceived a constitution as being the single authoritative source of fundamental law that was superior to all other statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions, that was ratified by the states and that was subject to revision only through a formal amendment process. This new constitutional conception has been hailed as the great innovation of the revolutionary period, and deservedly so. This American constitutionalism had its origins in the now largely overlooked royal charters for the exploration of North America beginning with the charter granted to Sir Humphrey Gilbert by Elizabeth I in 1578. The book follows the development of this constitutional tradition from the early charters of the Virginia Companies and the covenants entered of the New England colonies, through the proprietary charters of the Middle Atlantic colonies. On the basis of those foundational documents, the colonists fashioned governments that came to be comprised not only of an executive, but an elected legislature and a judiciary. In those foundational documents and in the acts of the colonial legislatures, the settlers sought to harmonize their aspirations for just institutions and individual rights with the exigencies and imperatives of an alien and often hostile environment. When the colonies faced the withdrawal of the crown governments in 1775, they drew on their experience, which they formalized in written constitutions. This uniquely American constitutional tradition of the charters, covenants and state constitutions was the foundation of the federal Constitution and of the process by which the Constitution was written and ratified a decade later.
Author: Kenneth Hilton
Publisher: Walch Publishing
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13: 9780825138751
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Covers significant eras in U.S. history. Encourages students to analyze evidence, documents, and other data to make informed decisions. Includes guidelines for students, answer prompts, and a scoring rubric. Develops essential writing skills.
Author: James A. Henretta
Publisher: UPNE
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9781555531096
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