The Rise of the Representative
The Rise of the Representative

Author: Peverill Squire

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2017-07-06

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 0472130390

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Uncovers the roots of the American political system: the development of colonial representative assemblies

Constitutional History of the American Revolution, Volume II
Constitutional History of the American Revolution, Volume II

Author: John Phillip Reid

Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

Published: 2003-03

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 9780299112943

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John Phillip Reid addresses the central constitutional issues that divided the American colonists from their English legislators: the authority to tax, the authority to legislate, the security of rights, the nature of law, the foundation of constitutional government in custom and contractarian theory, and the search for a constitutional settlement.

The Declaration of Independence in Historical Context
The Declaration of Independence in Historical Context

Author: Barry Alan Shain

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2014-06-10

Total Pages: 784

ISBN-13: 0300158742

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Letters, papers, petitions and proclamations from the mid-18th century in the American colonies, provide a different historical perspective on the Declaration of Independence.