States' Rights and American Federalism
Subtitle: A Documentary History (Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issues)
Contributors: Frederick D. Drake (Editor); Lynn R. Nelson (Editor)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: November 30, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780313305733
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Political structure & processes; c 1800 to c 1900; U.S. Federal Government; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; USA; Government - State & Provincial; Government - U.S. Government; Political History; History / United States / General; Political Process - Leadership; Federal government; History; Sources; State rights; United States
First sentence: In the fall of 1786, in the midst of a rebellion led by Daniel Shays in Massachusetts, concern that the republican experiment might fail pressed hard on reformers such as James Madison.