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Founding the Republic A Documentary History
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John J. Patrick
Book Code: GR9226
ISBN: 0-313-29226-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29226-2
304 pages, chronology
Greenwood Press
Publication: 9/30/1995
List Price: $75.00 (UK Sterling Price: £41.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Patrick...offers an excellent resource for high schools with limited access to primary materials. His book contains selected documents, complete or in excerpt, from the debate surrounding America's founding in the years 1775-1792...a teacher who wants students to understand today's rights debates by looking at their roots could use selected documents for any class... Highly recommended.
    —
    The Book Report
  • ...perfect one volume text that not only provides both the famous and not-so-famous writings, but includes introductory paragraphs that put each work in perspective to the shaping of the laws of the country.....This text is perfect for anyone studying American History, particularly high school and college students. Living historians will find it beneficial in the coverage of documents that, while of little importance today, were of great importance during a time period that we reenact. For anyone interested in seeing how the constitutions of Massachusetts, Virginia, and other commonwealths parelell the United States Cocstitution while predating it, this book is a must...should be on the shelves of most Rev. War reenactors, as well as public libraries.
    —Smoke and Fire News
  • ...the thoughtful readable essays which put the documents and issues in perspective make this a worthwhile addition to U.S. history reference collection. Recommended for all high school and public libraries.
    —VOYA
Description: 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.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword
  • Introduction
  • The Decision for Independence: Arguments For and Against Separation from Britain
  • Making Constitutions for the New American States: Debates on Models of Good Government, 1776-1780
  • Problems of Equality and Liberty in the New American States, 1776-1792
  • The Crisis of Government Under the Articles of Confederation, 1781-1787
  • The Federal Convention and the Constitution, 1787
  • Debate on the Constitution: Federalists versus Anti-Federalists, 1787-1788
  • The First Federal Congress and the Bill of Rights, 1788-1792
  • Appendix: Chronology of Key Events
  • Index
LC Card Number: 95-7537
LCC Class: E210
Dewey Class: 973.3
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