The American Constitutional Tradition

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Closer examination of foundational, revolutionary documents, and of the colonial legislation enacted on the basis of those foundational documents, reveals an American tradition of constitutionalism that the Revolutionaries were able to draw upon when fashioning their constitutions for the newly independent states and for the federal government. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I Constitutionalism in Colonial America, 1578 To 1775 Foreword Chapter 1 The Enterprise Colony of Virginia Chapter 2 The Covenant Colonies of New England Chapter 3 The Proprietary Colonies of The Mid-Atlantic Chapter 4 The Emergence of the American Constitutional Tradition in the Age of the Imperium Part II Revolutionary Constitutionalism Chapter 5 The Quest for Federal Union Chapter 6 The Revolutionary State Constitutions Chapter 7 The American Constitutional Tradition in The Revolutionary Era Bibliography