The Federalist Period: 1785 - 1801 (Original Source Series) - Softcover

Washington, George; Madison, James; Frankliin, Benjamin; Adams, John; Hamilton, Alexander; Henry, Patrick; Jefferson, Thomas

9781936472048: The Federalist Period: 1785 - 1801 (Original Source Series)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 193647204X ISBN 13: 9781936472048

Publisher: PowerThink Publishing, 2014

Understand the meaning of the words as given directly from the pens of their authors; words like “republic,” and “democracy,” and government “ordained” by the “consent of the people” and much more, in this compilation of original source documents by the men who became known as America’s “Founding Fathers.” You’ve heard of the series of documents and pamphlets which have become known as “The Federalist Papers,” and probably are aware that preceding the US Constitution was a weaker document governing the victorious colonies know as, “The Articles of Confederation.” Witness the struggle to make a weak confederation of states into a sturdy nation bound by laws, structured upon a balance of powers, reflected by the need to retain sovereign state identities and fundamental citizen rights. These words of Madison, Adams, Jefferson, Washington, Hamilton, Mason, Patrick Henry, and many others remind us that America was not made in a day, nor was bought by indolence nor lack of virtue and sacrifice. America was bought and paid for by patriots and their love of God and country. Understand our founders like never before in this Volume 4, The Federalist Period. Included Works: � England and the United States at Loggerheads by John Frederick Sackville � Our First Minister to England by John Adams � Weathering a Crisis by George Washington � Evils that Prompted Shays' Rebellion by General Benjamin Lincoln � Why the Confederation Failed to Work by James Madison � Framing The Constitution by James Madison � The Constitution of the United States by Various � Benjamin Franklin on the Federal Constitution by Benjamin Franklin � The Northwest Ordinance by U.S. Congress Under the Articles of Confederation � Shall Liberty or Empire Be Sought? by Patrick Henry � For the Relief of Slaves by William Pinkney � Alexander Hamilton on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution by Alexander Hamilton � John Marshall on the Federal Constitution by John Marshall � How John Hancock Supported the Constitution by Stephen Higginson � Washington Becomes Our First President by William Maclay � How Settlements Were Planted by William Cooper � Why the West Would Not Secede by General Rufus Putnam � The Discovery of the Columbia River by Edward G. Porter � Hamilton's Estimate of Jefferson by Alexander Hamilton � Webster's Impression of Jefferson by Daniel Webster � The Invention of the Cotton Gin by Horace Greeley � Anthony Wayne Routs the Ohio Indians by Richard Hildreth � Treaty with the Six Nations by The U.S. Government and the Iroquois � Washington's Farewell Address by George Washington � Fisher Ames on the Treaty with Great Britain by Fisher Ames � The X Y Z Correspondence by Commissioners Pinckney, Marshall and Gerry � Washington as a Host at Mount Vernon by John Bernard � The Death of Washington by John Marshall � Funeral Oration on Washington by Major General Henry Lee � Jefferson's Estimate of Washington by Thomas Jefferson � Washington City in its Infancy by Abigail Adams � How Jefferson Was Elected by Senator Charles Pinckney � Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address by Thomas Jefferson My Father W. Cleon Skousen, author of The Five Thousand Year Leap, would call this must-have collection of original source documents nothing short of pure gold of the rarest kind. This resource would have spared him decades of clawing through untold stacks and volumes of materials during his research and writing years. He would have treasured these books for that very purpose, and joins me in highly recommending these volumes to scholars and casual readers alike; anyone looking for accurate answers to difficult questions about America, freedom, and our era of unprecedented prosperity. -Paul Skousen, author, speaker, CIA analyst, and Reagan White House intelligence officer

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