The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820This concise literary history of the American Enlightenment captures the varied and conflicting voices of religious and political conviction in the decades when the new nation was formed. Robert Ferguson's trenchant interpretation yields new understanding of this pivotal period for American culture. |
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... Congress and the state assemblies – have the effect years of magnifying the overall document . The original framers reject the need for a Bill of Rights because , as Roger Sherman argues on September 12th , “ the State Declarations of ...
... Congress and the state assemblies – have the effect years of magnifying the overall document . The original framers reject the need for a Bill of Rights because , as Roger Sherman argues on September 12th , “ the State Declarations of ...
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... Congress to add amendments " by way of supplement . " Debate and the drafting of its own language in the amendment process drive Congress back on the original structure in framing . Madison , for one , is quick to see that the Bill of ...
... Congress to add amendments " by way of supplement . " Debate and the drafting of its own language in the amendment process drive Congress back on the original structure in framing . Madison , for one , is quick to see that the Bill of ...
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... Congress ] I desire you would remember the Ladies , and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors . ” In parallels replete with mockery and irony , she appropriates the syllogisms of revolutionary rhetoric for her own ...
... Congress ] I desire you would remember the Ladies , and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors . ” In parallels replete with mockery and irony , she appropriates the syllogisms of revolutionary rhetoric for her own ...
Contents
What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
Copyright | |
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