Confederation and constitution, 1781-1789, edited by Forrest McDonald and Ellen Shapiro McDonald.
McDonald, Forrest.; McDonald, Ellen Shapiro.
1968
E303 .M38 1968 (Mapit)
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Confederation and constitution, 1781-1789, edited by Forrest McDonald and Ellen Shapiro McDonald.
Author
McDonald, Forrest.
Edition
1st pbk. ed.
Publication Details
New York, Harper & Row [1968]
Language
English
Description
viii, 222 p. 20 cm.
Call Number
E303 .M38 1968
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.31/8/08
Summary
This volume presents historical documents from the period of time between the U.S. Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution, providing readers with a higher level of understanding and appreciation of the evolving nature of the U.S. Constitution and its relevance to contemporary societal issues. This work begins with a history of that period and of the documents that were generated. A chronology of events from the Annapolis Convention of 1786 through Virginia's ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791 follows along with a presentation of 27 documents, including: (1) the Articles of Confederation; (2) the Northwest Ordinance; (3) letters written by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson; (4) transcripts of various debates; (5) the Virginia and the New Jersey plans for Union; (6) the Constitution of the United States; (7) some of the papers from "The Federalist"; (8) amendments proposed by Massachusetts and Virginia; and (9) the Bill of Rights. A bibliographical essay suggests 29 items for further reading. An appendix offers high school lesson plans for three of the documents presented: (1) the Virginia plan for Union; (2) debate on executive power; and (3) debate on the judiciary, the veto, and the separation of powers.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
McDonald, Ellen Shapiro.
Series
Documentary history of the United States
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Introduction
pt. 1: The American Confederation in war and peace, 1781-1783. The Articles of Confederation, 1781
Treaty of peace between the United States and Great Britain, 1782-1783
The Crisis at Newburgh and its aftermath (1783)
Washington's circular letter to the governors, 1783
Mutiny of the Pennsylvania Line, 1783
Resolutions of the town meeting of Torrington, Connecticut, July 15, 1783
pt. 2: A nearly impotent Congress, 1784-1787. 1. The problem of revenues. Rufus King to Elbridge Gerry, June 18, 1786
Report of the Congressional Committee on New York's Ratification of the Impost Amendment, August 22, 1786
Address of Governor George Clinton to the New York Legislature, January 13, 1787
2. The Problem of the public domain. The Land Ordinance of 1785
The Northwest Ordinance, 1787
3. The problem of foreign relations. Adams and England : John Adams's report to John Jay, August 25, 1785
Jefferson and France : Jefferson's report to Jay, May 27, 1786
The quest for power to regulate commerce : letters from congressmen, August-September 1785
The Jay-Gardoqui negotiations : debate in Congress, August 16, 1786
pt. 3: The tree of liberty : its fruits and its flavor, 1783-1787. Richard Henry Lee on Republican government in America (1787)
Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom, January 16, 1786
The problem of slavery
On the limits and distribution of power
Shays' Rebellion (1786-1787)
pt. 4: The Constitutional Convention, May-September 1787. William Pierce's sketches of the delegates (1787)
The Randolph or Virginia Plan, May 29, 1787
Debates in Constitutional Convention, June 6, 1787
The Paterson or Small States Plan, June 15, 1787
Debate on the Randolph and Paterson Plans, June 16, 1787
The Hamilton Plan, June 18, 1787
Charles Pinckney, debate on representation, June 25, 1787
Debates of June 26, 1787
Madison's remarks on liberty and power, June 28, 1787
Gouverneur Morris on the Senate as an aristocracy, July 2, 1787
Debate on the proposed compromise on representation, July 5, 1787
Debate on the executive branch, July 19, 1787
Debate on the powers of the judiciary, July 21, 1787
Continued debate on the Executive Branch, July 25-26, 1787
Debate on the Navigation Acts, August 29, 1787
Comments from outside the convention, September 1787
The Constitution of the United States, September 17, 1787
pt. 5: The contest over ratification, 1787-1790. Address by James Wilson at the State House in Philadelphia, October 10, 1787 (favoring ratification)
Richard Henry Lee : letters from the federal farmer to the republican. letter III, October 10, 1787 (opposing ratification )
James Madison : the federalist, Number 10, November 23, 1787 (favoring ratification)
Reasons for the dissent of the anti-federalist minority in Pennsylvania, December 18, 1787 (opposing ratification)
The Bill of Rights, 1789-1791.

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