Statehood and Union

Statehood and Union

Author: Peter S. Onuf

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess

Published: 2019-02-28

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 0268105480

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This new edition of Statehood and Union: A History of the Northwest Ordinance, originally published in 1987, is an authoritative account of the origins and early history of American policy for territorial government, land distribution, and the admission of new states in the Old Northwest. In a new preface, Peter S. Onuf reviews important new work on the progress of colonization and territorial expansion in the rising American empire.


The Origins of the Federal Republic

The Origins of the Federal Republic

Author: Peter S. Onuf

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2010-08-03

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 0812200381

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Historians have emphasized the founding fathers' statesmanship and vision in the development of a more powerful union under the federal constitution. In The Origins of the Federal Republic, Peter S. Onuf clarifies the founders' achievement by demonstrating with case studies of New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Virginia that territorial confrontations among the former colonies played a crucial role in shaping early concepts of statehood and union and provided the true basis of the American federalist system.


The Uniting States [3 Volumes]

The Uniting States [3 Volumes]

Author: Benjamin F. Shearer

Publisher: Greenwood

Published: 2004-06-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0313327033

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This three-volume set brings together the unique stories of each of the fifty United States' journey into statehood.


Kentucky's Road to Statehood

Kentucky's Road to Statehood

Author: Lowell H. Harrison

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Published: 2014-10-17

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 0813159768

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On June 1,1792, Kentucky became the fifteenth state in the new nation and the first west of the Alleghenies. Lowell Harrison reviews the tangled and protracted process by which Virginia's westernmost territory achieved statehood. By the early 1780s, survival of the Kentucky settlements, so uncertain only a few years earlier, was assured. The end of the American Revolution curtailed British support for Indian raids, and thousands of settlers sought a better life in the "Eden of the West." They swarmed through Cumberland Gap and down the Ohio River, cleared the land for crops, and established towns. The division of sprawling Kentucky County into three counties in 1780 indicated its rapid growth, and that growth accelerated during the following decade. With population increase came sentiment for separation from Virginia. Such demands had been voiced earlier, but a definite separation movement began in 1784 when a convention -- the first of ten such -- met in Danville. Not until April 1792 was a constitution finally drafted under which the Commonwealth of Kentucky could enter the Union. While most Kentuckians favored separation, they differed over how and when and on what terms it should occur. Three factions struggled to control the movement, but their goals and methods shifted with changing circumstances. This confusing situation was made more complex by the presence of the exotic James Wilkinson and the "Spanish Conspiracy" he fomented. Harrison addresses many questions about the convoluted process of statehood: why separation was desired, why it was so difficult to achieve, what type of government the 1792 constitution established, and how Governor Isaac Shelby and the first General Assembly implemented it. His engaging account, which includes the text of the first constitution, will be treasured by all Kentuckians.


To Preserve the Union

To Preserve the Union

Author: KaaVonia Hinton

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2013-07

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1476502382

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"Explains the Missouri Compromise and its impact"--Provided by publisher.


"Most Blessed of the Patriarchs": Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination

Author: Annette Gordon-Reed

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2016-04-13

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1631490788

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New York Times Bestseller Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle Finalist for the George Washington Prize Finalist for the Library of Virginia Literary Award A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Selection "An important book…[R]ichly rewarding. It is full of fascinating insights about Jefferson." —Gordon S. Wood, New York Review of Books Hailed by critics and embraced by readers, "Most Blessed of the Patriarchs" is one of the richest and most insightful accounts of Thomas Jefferson in a generation. Following her Pulitzer Prize–winning The Hemingses of Monticello¸ Annette Gordon-Reed has teamed with Peter S. Onuf to present a provocative and absorbing character study, "a fresh and layered analysis" (New York Times Book Review) that reveals our third president as "a dynamic, complex and oftentimes contradictory human being" (Chicago Tribune). Gordon-Reed and Onuf fundamentally challenge much of what we thought we knew, and through their painstaking research and vivid prose create a portrait of Jefferson, as he might have painted himself, one "comprised of equal parts sun and shadow" (Jane Kamensky).


New Mexico and Statehood

New Mexico and Statehood

Author: Nathan E. Boyd

Publisher: Nabu Press

Published: 2014-02

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 9781294760672

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