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      AMERICAN

      POLITICAL WRITING

      DURING THE

      FOUNDING ERA

      1760–1805

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      General principles of government

      Separation of Powers

      State of nature, and violence in civil society

      Public virtue and self-government

      Frugality

      Relationship of American colonies to Britain

      Relationship of colonies to Britain

      Legal relationship of colonies to Britain

      Relationship of colonies to Britain

      Public virtue and freedom

      Popular consent and the relationship of the colonies to Britain

      Why government needs a constitution and what should be in it

      The foundations of liberty in moral philosophy

      The origin, nature, and end of civil government

      The benefits of civil society

      Slavery

      Justifies breaking with Britain

      Uses state of nature argument to justify break with Britain

      Opposition to it based on religion and practicality

      The foundations of a free people

      Contrasts the slavish spirit with the freedom-loving spirit

      The origin, nature, and consequences of liberty