Extracts from the Navigation Acts; 1645-1696
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ISBN13: 9780217804745
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1895. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... mmtm pst0tg $ aikt$. colonial and constitutional. No. 20.--March, 1895. exact text of the articles of confederation, with the franklin and dickinson drafts. From the Original Manuscripts. The Articles of Confederation have been so discredited by the weakness of the country while they were in force, and have been so overshadowed by the later Federal Constitution, that their constitutional history has been 1 neglected. Yet those Articles were a greater advance on the old state of i things, than the Constitution was over the Confederation. They defined, by a bold experiment, a federal government in many respects better than any o' the European federal systems which had preceded; and a considerable part of the Articles was incorporated by the Convention of 1787 into the new instrument of government. The first appearance of a systematic plan of a federal government in x' Franklin's draft of 1775. Franklin had already shown in the Albany Plan of 1754 (Text in American History Leaflet No. 17), his readiness to sketch out a Colonial federal government. As soon as it became evident that the Second Continental Congress would stand by the Massachusetts people in their armed resistance, Franklin foresaw the necessity of a formal Union; and drew up the plan printed below, which was presented to Congress July United States. For further references, see Charming and Hart, Gitit/e to the Study of American History, 56, and Winsor, in the "Editorial Notes" to the Judge Chamlerlain's chapter, above noted. the stamp ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217804745 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217804748 |
| Weight | 0.26 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.17 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 70 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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