A Politics of Tensions: The Articles of Confederation and American Political Ideas |
Contents
The Tensions of a Mixed Political Tradition | 1 |
A Perpetual Union of Sovereign States | 29 |
Republican and Democrat | 43 |
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1787 Constitution American democracy American political American revolution Antifederalists Articles of Confederation asserts association assumptions basis bicameralism bill of rights British central choices Christianity citizens civil claims coercive authority colonial colonists commitment conflict Congress assembled consent Constitution of 1787 constitutional order created Declaration Deism delegates democratic document dominant effective equal established expressed federal Federalists Francis Hutcheson free republics fundamental human Ibid independence individual interests interpretation issue Jefferson legislatures liberty limited majoritarian majority ment mixed governance moral natural rights offered Paine Paine's particular patterns perpetual union persons perspectives political ideas political theory political tradition political values positive possible practical primary protect purposes radical ratification reflected representation representatives republic republican revolutionary Second Continental Congress sense significant social society sovereign sovereignty specific structures tacit tensions theoretical tion U.S. Constitution understanding unique United virtue vision vitality western lands