This important library and classroom tool will make it easy for
students to research and debate the core political ideas and issues
of the founding period. The profound arguments regarding
republicanism, federalism, constitutionalism, and individual rights
come to life here, contextualized with introductory explanations to
stimulate analysis and appraisal of the positions. Unique to this
collection are documents relating to the establishment of
constitutional governments in the original 13 states, debate over
the Bill of Rights, and documents reflecting a variety of
alternative voices, including letters and petitions from women and
African-American and Native-American leaders. This presents a
broader picture of the issues that confronted those who framed our
government than has ever before been available.
An advisory board of distinguished historians and teachers
assisted Patrick with the selection of documents. This collection
shows how the founding fathers arrived at consensus from the many
conflicting viewpoints that characterized the debate on founding
our extraordinary constitutional republic. The political debates on
independence and original state constitutions are connected
systematically to the subsequent debates on the ratification of the
Federal Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Political grievances
of dispossessed groups such as women, African Americans, and Native
Americans, are connected to core ideas of the founding documents,
such as the Declaration of Independence. Letters, petitions,
sermons, court proceedings, Thomas Jefferson's notes, a selection
of Federalist and anti-Federalist papers, even the Northwest
Ordinance, are among the documents included. The work is organized
topically into seven parts, each which is prefaced by an
introductory essay which presents the main theme, ideas, and
issues, and establishes a context for the documents that follow.
Each document is preceded by an explanatory headnote, which
includes questions to guide the reader's analysis and appraisal of
the primary source. Each part ends with a select bibliography. A
chronology of major events concludes the work. This collection is a
basic research and debate tool that will be invaluable to school
and public libraries and secondary school classrooms.
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