History of the United States

by Charles A. Beard; Mary Ritter Beard

Government

I. Development of the American system of government.

1. Origin and growth of state government.

a. The trading corporation ([2]-[4]), religious congregation ([4]-[5]), and proprietary system ([5]-[6]).

b. Government of the colonies ([48]-[53]).

c. Formation of the first state constitutions ([108]-[110]).

d. The admission of new states (see [Index] under each state).

e. Influence of Jacksonian Democracy ([238]-[247]).

f. Growth of manhood suffrage ([238]-[244]).

g. Nullification and state sovereignty ([180]-[182], [251]-[257]).