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Not Your Usual Founding Father : Selected Readings From Benjamin Franklin

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The King’s Three Faces : The Rise & Fall Of Royal America, 1688-1776

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America’s Founding Charters : Primary Documents Of Colonial And Revolutionary Era Governance

  • America's Founding Charters : Primary Documents Of Colonial And Revolutionary Era Governance

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    edited by Jon L. Wakelyn

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    Book, Greenwood Press, 2006

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    Some documents included in the set are: Francis Bacon, The New Atlantis, 1624 Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh, March 25, 1584 Instructions for the Governing of Virginia, November 20, 1606 Organization of the Government of Massachusetts Bay, April 30, 1629 Method of Voting for Provincial Officers of Maryland, May 12, 1670 Fundamental Agreement of New Haven, June 4, 1639 Charter of New York, March 12, 1663/1664 Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England, August 29, 1643 Petition of Connecticut to James II, August 24, 1686 Queen’s Instructions to Governor Dudley, April 6, 1702 Royal Seizure of Maryland Government, July 25, 1689 Act to Prevent Bribery and Corruption in Election of Members of General Assembly, May 1756 Call to the People of Rhode Island to Assume Their Former Government, April 23, 1689 Remonstrance of East Jersey, 1700 Narrative Proceedings of the People of South Carolina, May 1719 Constitution of Delaware, 1776 Thomas Jefferson, A Summary View of the Rights of British America, 1774 Albany Plan of Union, 1754 Address to People of Granville County, North Carolina, June 6, 1765 Colonies Send Delegates to the Continental Congress, June-September 1774 Congress Advises South Carolina, November 4, 1775 Congress Calls on Colonies to Form Governments, November 4, 1775 Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 Virginia Bill of Rights, June 12, 1776 Connecticut Legislature Debates Western Lands, October 1783 Drafts of the Articles of Confederation and Discussion in the Continental Congress Congress Urges States to Ratify Articles, November 17, 1777 Congress Attempts to Discipline David Howell, December 1782 Northwest Ordinances of 1784 and 1787 Alexander Hamilton, “The Continentalist,” August 1781-July 1782 Proposed Amendments to the Articles of Confederation, August 7, 1786 Benjamin Rush, On the Defects of the Confederation, May 1787 (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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A More Perfect Union : American Independence And The Constitution

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Birth Of The Bill Of Rights : Encyclopedia Of The Antifederalists

  • Birth Of The Bill Of Rights : Encyclopedia Of The Antifederalists

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    Jon L. Wakelyn

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    Book, Greenwood Press, 2004

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    It is to these individuals that Americans owe the hallowed prohibition against unreasonable search and seizure, the right to due process, the right to trial by a jury composed of one’s peers, the right to privacy, and more. Entries on each Antifederalist detail: Personal and public life Early political career Revolutionary activities Friends and enemies Basis for opposing the constitution Subsequent historical reputation The second volume collects important speeches and writings of the Antifederalists, along with annotations to help the reader place these articles into their historical context. Primary documents include: Major pamphlets Broadsides Newspaper articles Speeches delivered in state legislatures Speeches delivered in the Philadelphia convention Speeches delivered in state ratification conventions. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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Facing East From Indian Country : A Native History Of Early America

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Countdown To Independence : A Revolution Of Ideas In England And Her American Colonies : 1760-1776

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Debating The Issues In Colonial Newspapers : Primary Documents On Events Of The Period

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The First American : The Life And Times Of Benjamin Franklin

  • The First American : The Life And Times Of Benjamin Franklin

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    H.W. Brands

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    Book, 1st ed, Doubleday, 2000

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    In the first comprehensive biography of Benjamin Franklin in over sixty years, acclaimed historian H. Tracing Franklin’s gradual transformation from reluctant revolutionary to charismatic leader in the fight for independence, Brands convincingly argues that on the issue of revolution, as Franklin went, so went America. During the Revolutionary War, Franklin was charged by Congress with wooing the King of France to the American cause, and it was the diplomatic alliances he forged and funds he raised in France that allowed the Continental Army to continue to fight on the battlefield. Drawing on previously unpublished letters to and from Franklin, as well as the recollections and anecdotes of Franklin’s contemporaries, H. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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Debating Democracy : Native American Legacy Of Freedom

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The Brave Bostonians : Hutchinson, Quincy, Franklin, And The Coming Of The American Revolution

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The Name Of War : King Philip’s War And The Origins Of American Identity

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The Devious Dr. Franklin, Colonial Agent : Benjamin Franklin’s Years In London

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The Wit & Wisdom Of The Founding Fathers : Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson

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