Government and Administration of the United States

by Westel Woodbury Willoughby; William F. Willoughby

WILLIAM F. WILLOUGHBY, A.B. U.S. Department of Labor

1801

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Chapters.

I. Preface

II. Government
Monarchy
Absolute
Limited
Aristocracy
Democracy
Republic
Popular Government

III. Functions of Government
Necessary
Optional

IV. Colonial Governments: Their Relation to Each
Other, and to England
Provincial
Proprietary
Charter

V. Steps Toward Union—Articles of Confederation
New England Confederation
Albany Convention
Stamp Act Congress
First Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress
Articles of Confederation
Elements Tending to Separation and to Union
Purposes of the Confederation
Scheme of Government under the Articles
Defects of the Articles

VI. Adoption of the Constitution
The Constitutional Convention
Arguments For and Against Adoption