American Government and PoliticsMacmillan, 1910 - 772 pages |
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... Convention of 1787 vested in Compare , for instance , the following chapter with the account of the in- stitutional reforms of the French Revolution in Robinson and Beard , Develop- ment of Modern Europe , Vol . I , chaps . xi and xii ...
... Convention of 1787 vested in Compare , for instance , the following chapter with the account of the in- stitutional reforms of the French Revolution in Robinson and Beard , Develop- ment of Modern Europe , Vol . I , chaps . xi and xii ...
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... convention chosen in some fashion by the supporters of the American cause . Sometimes the assembly was elected by popu- lar vote , royalists being excluded ; sometimes the members were chosen by local meetings of Revolutionists ; and ...
... convention chosen in some fashion by the supporters of the American cause . Sometimes the assembly was elected by popu- lar vote , royalists being excluded ; sometimes the members were chosen by local meetings of Revolutionists ; and ...
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... convention , as soon as it met , drew up a form of government to " continue during the present unhappy and unnatural ... conventions of the United Colonies , where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been ...
... convention , as soon as it met , drew up a form of government to " continue during the present unhappy and unnatural ... conventions of the United Colonies , where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been ...
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... convention , composed of ninety - seven members , assembled in the city of Philadelphia on June 18 , and after due deliberation decided that a special convention should be called for the purpose of drafting the constitution , and that ...
... convention , composed of ninety - seven members , assembled in the city of Philadelphia on June 18 , and after due deliberation decided that a special convention should be called for the purpose of drafting the constitution , and that ...
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... convention for the said city . " The constitution drafted by the convention elected by these voters was not submitted for ratification on its completion in Novem- ber , 1776 . Thus America came out of the Revolution a union of thirteen ...
... convention for the said city . " The constitution drafted by the convention elected by these voters was not submitted for ratification on its completion in Novem- ber , 1776 . Thus America came out of the Revolution a union of thirteen ...
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