America's founding charters
Subtitle: primary documents of Colonial and Revolutionary era governance
By: edited by Jon L. Wakelyn.
Contributors: Wakelyn, Jon L.
Publisher: Greenwood Press; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 983
ISBN-13: 9780313331558; 9780313331565; 9780313331572; 9780313331541
Subjects: United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775 -- Sources; United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 -- Sources; United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809 -- Sources
Genres: Sources.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Origins, 1580s-1688; title: Ideas on governance and first charters; title: Charters and essential governing documents; title: Consolidation of colonies and resistance : dominion status, 1685-1689; title: v. 2. The colonial and provincial growth of American governance : developments and defense, 1689-1776. Governmental developments during the Eighteenth Century; title: Essays on governance and defense of colonial government; title: Plans for unity, divided colonies, and united independence; title: v. 3. Governance in the confederation period, 1776-1787. The first state constitutions : debates, adoptions, and amendments; title: The Articles of Confederation : proposed, debated, and ratified; title: Continental Congress as the national government.