Sources of the Constitution of the United States Considered in Relation to Colonial and English History (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Sources of the Constitution of the United States Considered in Relation to Colonial and English History (Classic Reprint) written by C. Ellis Stevens and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sources of the Constitution of the United States Considered in Relation to Colonial and English History Merica is sometimes said to be a nation without a past. The remark may mean much or little, according to its application. It is made most frequently in referring to civil institutions. In particular, there has been a tendency to regard the Constitution of the United States as without sources or antecedents, new invention in political science. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.