States' Rights and American Federalism: A Documentary History

Publisher Greenwood Publishing Group

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Greenwood Publishing Group

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1999

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9780313032295

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9th Grade - College Senior

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The debate over states' rights versus federalism in America is one that has raged since our country's founding. Arguments over the interpretation of the Constitution and the meaning of power and its distribution among the states' governments echoes in governmental chambers even today. Students can trace the history and development of issues surrounding this debate, as well as the reactions to them, through this collection of over 65 primary documents.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Recent Titles in the Series Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issues.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Series Foreword.
Introduction.
Chronology of Key Events in States' Rights and American Federalism.
1: States' Rights and American Federalism in the American Founding Era, 1620–1789.
Document 1: The Mayflower Compact, 1620.
Document 2: The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, 1639.
Document 3: Organization of the Government of Rhode Island, March 16-19, 1642.
Document 4: On Liberty, 1645.
Document 5: Penn's Plan of Union, 1697.
Document 6: Albany Plan of Union, 1754.
Document 7: Declarations of the Stamp Act Congress, October 2, 1765.
Document 8: From a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies, Letter II, 1767.
Document 9: Thoughts on Government, Letter of John Adams, January 1776.
Document 10: Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America, July 1776.
Document 11: In Defense of State Sovereignty, Thomas Burke, 1777.
Document 12: James Madison's "Vices of the Political System," April 1787.
Document 13: The Virginia Plan Presented to the Federal Convention, May 29, 1787.
Document 14: John Dickinson of Delaware on Federalism at the Constitutional Convention, June 7, 1787.
Document 15: The New Jersey Plan Presented to the Federal Convention, June 15, 1787.
Document 16: James Madison of Virginia Compares the Virginia and New Jersey Plans at the Constitutional Convention, June 19, 1787.
Document 17: James Wilson of Pennsylvania on Federalism at the Constitutional Convention, June 25, 1787.
Document 18: The Northwest Ordinance, July 13, 1787.
Document 19: Federalist Number 10, Publius and the Extended Republic, November 22, 1787.
Document 20: Agrippa Writes a Letter to the People in Opposition to an Extended Republic and the Constitution of the United States, December 3, 1787.
2: Federalism and the Me
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