num_pages: 304
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Origins of the Federal Republic: Jurisdictional Controversies in the United States, 1775-1787
titlecomplete: The Origins of the Federal Republic: Jurisdictional Controversies in the United States, 1775-1787
genres: History
ratings_count: 8
publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press