Roots of the
American Political Structure |
Culture & Religion
1. New Jersey Puritans
2. New Jersey Dutch Colonials
3. New Jersey Slavery
Charters
1. East Jersey Charter, 1683
2. West Jersey Charter, 1676
3. Mayflower Compact |
Philosophy
1. Thomas Aquinas, Richard Hooker and Natural
Law
2. James Harrington
3. Algernon Sidney
Antecedent Documents
1. Magna Carta
2. Petition of Rights
3. English Bill of Rights & Toleration Act |
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The American Revolution
and Declaration |
1. Edmond Burke & the Rockingham
Whigs
2. Stamp Act
3. The Battles of Trenton & Princeton, NJ
4. Intolerable Acts
5. John Adams at the Continental Congress
6. Commodore John Barry on the Delaware River
7. General George Washington
8. Ft. Washington & Ft. Lee
9. Ben Franklin the Diplomat
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10. King George III & the Tories
11. The Battle of Monmouth, NJ
12. Greenwich, NJ Tea Party
13. William Franklin & NJ Tories
14. New Jersey Constitution, 1776
15. Nathaniel Greene at Fort Mercer
16. John Witherspoon
17. The Battle of Fort Mercer, NJ
18. Lexington & Concord |
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The Constitution and
the Federalist Period |
1. Manumissions: Jay, Burr, Hamilton
2. Alexander Hamilton
3. The Constitutional Convention
4. James Wilson at the Convention
5. The Federalists
6. George Washington's Presidency
7. The Assumption Bill
8. The Federalist Party
9. The XYZ Affair
10.Hamilton's Army
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11. George Washington & Slavery
12. James Madison and Factions
13. Gouverneur Morris at the Convention
14. The origins of Bill of Rights
15. The Anti-federalists
16. John Jay’s Treaty
17. Whiskey Rebellion
18. Jefferson’s Republican Party 1789-1800
19. The Alien & Sedition Act
20. Aaron Burr & Northern Republicans |
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