The Anti Federalist Papers And The Constitutional Convention Debates

Author : Ralph Ketcham
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101651342
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates written by Ralph Ketcham and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-05-06 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete texts of the documents that tell the story of the clashes and compromises that gave birth to the Unites States of America. Should the members of the government be elected by direct vote of the people? Should the government be headed by a single executive, and how powerful should that executive be? Should immigrants be allowed into the United States? How should judges be appointed? What human rights should be safe from government infringement? In 1787, these important questions and others were raised by such statesmen as Patrick Henry and John DeWitt as the states debated the merits of the proposed Constitution. Along with The Federalist Papers, this invaluable book documents the political context in which the Constitution was born. This volume includes the complete texts of the Anti-Federalist Papers and Constitutional Convention debates, commentaries, and an Index of Ideas. It also lists cross-references to its companion volume, The Federalist Papers, available in a Signet Classic edition. Edited and with an Introduction by Ralph Ketchum

Author : Ralph Ketcham
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9780451528841
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates written by Ralph Ketcham and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2003-05-06 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dissenting opinions of Patrick Henry and others who saw the Constitution as a threat to our hard-won rights and liberties. Edited and introduced by Ralph Ketcham.

Author : Ralph Ketcham
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9781417635306
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates written by Ralph Ketcham and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Birth of Our Government, debated the dissenting opinions of Patrick Henry and others who saw the Constitution as a threat to our hard-won rights and liberties.

Author : Alexander Hamilton
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1528785878
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Federalist Papers written by Alexander Hamilton and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2018-08-20 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of “The Federalist Papers”, a collection of separate essays and articles compiled in 1788 by Alexander Hamilton. Following the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776, the governing doctrines and policies of the States lacked cohesion. “The Federalist”, as it was previously known, was constructed by American statesman Alexander Hamilton, and was intended to catalyse the ratification of the United States Constitution. Hamilton recruited fellow statesmen James Madison Jr., and John Jay to write papers for the compendium, and the three are known as some of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Alexander Hamilton (c. 1755–1804) was an American lawyer, journalist and highly influential government official. He also served as a Senior Officer in the Army between 1799-1800 and founded the Federalist Party, the system that governed the nation’s finances. His contributions to the Constitution and leadership made a significant and lasting impact on the early development of the nation of the United States.

Author : Patrick Henry
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 0486843459
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Anti-Federalist Papers written by Patrick Henry and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never collected in a definitive form and written using pseudonyms, these essays, speeches, and letters warned of the dangers inherent in a powerful central government, helping shape the passage of the United States Bill of Rights.

Author : Alexander Hamilton
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603840788
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Essential Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers written by Alexander Hamilton and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2003-09-15 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, in a single volume, is a selection of the classic critiques of the new Constitution penned by such ardent defenders of states' rights and personal liberty as George Mason, Patrick Henry, and Melancton Smith; pro-Constitution writings by James Wilson and Noah Webster; and thirty-three of the best-known and most crucial Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. The texts of the chief constitutional documents of the early Republic are included as well. David Wootton's illuminating Introduction examines the history of such American principles of government as checks and balances, the separation of powers, representation by election, and judicial independence—including their roots in the largely Scottish, English, and French new science of politics. It also offers suggestions for reading The Federalist, the classic elaboration of these principles written in defense of a new Constitution that sought to apply them to the young Republic.

Author : Shimomura Lena
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Anti-Federalist Papers written by Shimomura Lena and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Anti-Federalist Papers are a collection of articles, written in opposition to the ratification of the 1787 United States Constitution. Unlike the Federalist Papers written in support of the Constitution, the authors of these articles, mostly operating under pen names, were not engaged in a strictly organized project. Major Anti-Federalist authors included Cato (likely George Clinton), Brutus (likely Robert Yates), Centinel (Samuel Bryan), and the Federal Farmer (either Melancton Smith, Richard Henry Lee, or Mercy Otis Warren). Speeches by Patrick Henry and Smith are included as well. The complete texts of the documents that tell the story of the clashes and compromises that gave birth to the United States of America. Should the members of the government be elected by the direct vote of the people? Should the government be headed by a single executive, and how powerful should that executive be? Should immigrants be allowed into the United States? In 1787, these important questions and others were raised by such statesmen as Patrick Henry and John DeWitt as the states debated the merits of the proposed Constitution. Along with The Federalist Papers, this invaluable book documents the political context in which the Constitution was born. This volume includes the complete texts of The Anti-Federalist Papers and Constitutional Convention debates, commentaries, and an Index of Ideas. A series of essays arguing against a stronger and more energetic union as embodied in the new Constitution. It also lists cross-references to its companion volume, this work is considered, by many, to be the authoritative compendium on the publications.

Author : Michael J. Faber
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700634177
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Anti-Federalist Constitution written by Michael J. Faber and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would an Anti-Federalist Constitution look like? Because we view the Constitution through the lens of the Federalists who came to control the narrative, we tend to forget those who opposed its ratification. And yet the Anti-Federalist arguments, so critical to an understanding of the Constitution’s origins and meaning, resonate throughout American history. By reconstructing these arguments and tracing their development through the ratification debates, Michael J. Faber presents an alternative perspective on constitutional history. Telling, in a sense, the other side of the story of the Constitution, his book offers key insights into the ideas that helped to form the nation’s founding document and that continue to inform American politics and public life. Faber identifies three distinct strands of political thought that eventually came together in a clear and coherent Anti-Federalism position: (1) the individual and the potential for governmental tyranny; (2) power, specifically the states as defenders of the people; and (3) democratic principles and popular sovereignty. After clarifying and elaborating these separate strands of thought and analyzing a well-known proponent of each, Faber goes on to tell the story of the resistance to the Constitution, focusing on ideas but also following and explaining events and strategies. Finally, he produces a “counterfactual” Anti-Federalist Constitution, summing up the Anti-Federalist position as it might have emerged had the opposition drafted the document. How would such a constitution have worked in practice? A close consideration reveals the legacy of the Anti-Federalists in early American history, in the US Constitution and its role in the nation’s political life.

Author : Herbert J. Storing
Publisher : Chicago : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Anti-Federalist written by Herbert J. Storing and published by Chicago : University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Anti-Federalist, first published in 1981, contains an unprecedented collection of all the significant pamphlets, newspaper articles and letters, essays, and speeches that were written in opposition to the Constitution during the ratification debate. Storing’s work includes introductions to each entry, along with his own consideration of the Anti-Federalist thought. This new three-volume set includes all the contents of the original seven-volume publication in a convenient, manageable format. “A work of magnificent scholarship. Publication of these volumes is a civic event of enduring importance.”—Leonard W. Levy, New York Times Book Review

Author : Shimomura Lena
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Anti-Federalist Papers written by Shimomura Lena and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Anti-Federalist Papers are a collection of articles, written in opposition to the ratification of the 1787 United States Constitution. Unlike the Federalist Papers written in support of the Constitution, the authors of these articles, mostly operating under pen names, were not engaged in a strictly organized project. Major Anti-Federalist authors included Cato (likely George Clinton), Brutus (likely Robert Yates), Centinel (Samuel Bryan), and the Federal Farmer (either Melancton Smith, Richard Henry Lee, or Mercy Otis Warren). Speeches by Patrick Henry and Smith are included as well. The complete texts of the documents that tell the story of the clashes and compromises that gave birth to the United States of America. Should the members of the government be elected by the direct vote of the people? Should the government be headed by a single executive, and how powerful should that executive be? Should immigrants be allowed into the United States? In 1787, these important questions and others were raised by such statesmen as Patrick Henry and John DeWitt as the states debated the merits of the proposed Constitution. Along with The Federalist Papers, this invaluable book documents the political context in which the Constitution was born. This volume includes the complete texts of The Anti-Federalist Papers and Constitutional Convention debates, commentaries, and an Index of Ideas. A series of essays arguing against a stronger and more energetic union as embodied in the new Constitution. It also lists cross-references to its companion volume, this work is considered, by many, to be the authoritative compendium on the publications.