Document 11: The Federalist Papers: A Timeless Guide to the U.S. Constitution
The Federalist Papers, a cornerstone of American political philosophy, are a collection of 85 articles and essays written under the…
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The Federalist Papers, a cornerstone of American political philosophy, are a collection of 85 articles and essays written under the…
A Step Back in Time Imagine traveling back to the summer of 1787 in Philadelphia, where significant history was unfolding.…
Although the Confederation Congress may have had little authority and did very little, it did one thing very well in…
In a room where ostensibly nothing happened, the Annapolis Convention of 1786 quietly set the stage for a monumental shift…
When the ink dried on the Declaration of Independence in 1776, it was more than just a symbolic break from…
Document 5 on our path to the Founding of the American Republic was Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense.” But, Document 6…
Introduction “Common Sense,” a pamphlet by Thomas Paine published in January 1776, stands as one of the most influential writings…
This is the fourth installment of historical antecedents to the Constitution of the United States. Prior documents were: the Magna…
This is my third article on the historical antecedents of the United States Constitution. The Magna Carta and the Mayflower…
740 BCE – Assyrian Captivity: Several thousand Israelites from Samaria were resettled as captives when the Northern Kingdom of Israel…