Reclaiming the American Revolution
The Kentucky and Virgina Resolutions and Their Legacy
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ISBN-13:
9781403963031
Veröffentl:
2004
Erscheinungsdatum:
28.01.2004
Seiten:
238
Autor:
W. Watkins
Gewicht:
409 g
Format:
218x146x24 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Reclaiming the American Revolution examines the struggles for political ascendancy between Federalists and the Republicans in the early days of the American Republic. Watkins views the struggle through the lens of the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, charters written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison respectively, that were responses to the Alien and Sedition Acts passed by Federalists that, among other things, made criticism of the federal government a crime. Viewing those acts as a threat to states' rights, as well as indicative of a national government that sought supreme power, the Resolutions restated the principles of the American Revolution and sought to return the nation to the tenets of the Constitution, in which rights for all were protected by checking the power of the national government.
Gives historical context to the states' rights debate that persists in the United States to this day
Foreword Acknowledgments List of Illustrations Introduction Monocrats and Jacobins Legislation and Persecution The Principles of 1798 Influence and Resolutions Consolidation Lessons for Today Appendices Jefferson's Draft of the Kentucky Resolution Kentucky Resolution of 1798 Virginia Resolution of 1798 Kentucky Resolution of 1799
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