The creation of the constitution : opposing viewpoints

The creation of the constitution : opposing viewpoints /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Dudley, William, 1964-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, [1995]
Series:American history series (San Diego, Calif.)
Subjects:
Constitutional history > United States > Sources.
Constitutional history.
United States.
Sources.
Table of Contents:
  • America under the Articles of Confederation is in crisis / Benjamin Rush
  • America under the Articles of Confederation is not in crisis / Melancton Smith
  • The national government should be granted direct powers over the states / James Madison
  • State governments should not be supplanted by the national government / "Z"
  • Shays's Rebellion indicates the need for a new Constitution / George Washington
  • The threat posed by Shays's Rebellion has been exaggerated / Thomas Jefferson
  • A new national government should be established (The Virginia Plan) / Edmund Randolph
  • The Convention lacks the authority to establish a new national government / Robert Yates and John Lansing
  • The Articles of Confederation should be revised (The New Jersey Plan) / William Paterson
  • Revising the Articles of Confederation will accomplish little / James Madison
  • A new national government should emulate the British system / Alexander Hamilton
  • The United States should create its own system of government / Charles Pinckney
  • A republic must be small and uniform to survive / "Brutus"
  • A viable republic can be large and diverse / James Madison
  • Checks and balances can assure a republican form of government / James Madison
  • Checks and balances cannot assure a republican form of government / Samuel Bryan
  • The people are not adequately represented by Congress in the Constitution / Melancton Smith
  • The people are adequately represented by Congress in the Constitution / Alexander Hamilton
  • The Constitution should prohibit the slave trade / Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery
  • Continuing the slave trade was a necessary compromise / James Wilson
  • The executive should be one person / Alexander Hamilton
  • The executive should be a committee / George Mason
  • The Constitution may create a monarchy / "Cato"
  • The Constitution does not create a monarchy / Tenche Coxe
  • The Constitution should be accepted in a spirit of compromise / Banjamin Franklin
  • Principles of liberty should not be compromised by accepting the Constituion / "Z"
  • A list of objections to the Constitution / "An officer of the late Continental Army"
  • A rebuttal to the objections to the Constitution / "Plain Truth"
  • The Constitution benefits the elite / Amos Singletary
  • The Constitution will benefit all the people / Jonathan Smith
  • The Constitution should be ratified with suggested future amendments / Samuel Adams and the Massachusetts Ratifying Convention
  • The proposed Constitution should not be ratified / Mercy Otis Warren
  • A Bill of Rights is necessary for ratification / Patrick Henry
  • A Bill of Rights is not necessary for ratification / Edmund Randolph
  • The Constitution was created by the genius of the Framers / Clinton Rossiter
  • The Constitution was created by the genius of the American people / Alfred F. Young.

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