jurisdictional controversies in the United States, 1775-1787 /
Peter S. Onuf
xvii, 284 pages :
maps ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
PART ONE: THE EARLY AMERICAN STATE SYSTEM: Congress and the States: conflict resolution in the new nation -- From colony to territory: changing concepts of statehood -- PART TWO: STATE MAKING: State and citizen: settlers against the Pennsylvania Charter -- Virginia and the West -- An unbounded state: New York, Vermont, and the western lands -- The new state of Vermont: revolution within a revolution -- PART THREE: ORIGINS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC: New states and the new nation: American territorial policy in the "Critical Period" -- Constitutional crisis -- Making a "Miracle": the reconstitution of American politics
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Origins of the federal republic.
Boundaries, State-- History-- 18th century
Federal government-- United States-- History-- 18th century
Political science-- United States-- History-- 18th century