Problems in American Democracy

by Thames Williamson

16. How may the Constitution be modified by usage? Give some examples.

REQUIRED READINGS

1. Beard, American Government and Politics, chapter iii.

2. Guitteau, Government and Politics in the United States, chapter xviii.

3. Munro, The Government of the United States, chapter v.

4. Review chapters ii, iii and iv of the text.

QUESTIONS ON THE REQUIRED READINGS

1. What were the chief powers of the New England Confederation? (Guitteau, page 208.)

2. What was the nature of the Stamp Act Congress? (Guitteau, pages 208-209.)

3. What was the most fatal weakness of the Confederation government? (Guitteau, page 212.)