Sources & Resources
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Pre unites States of America Concepts about GovernmentWith civics, it helps to know what a given generation knew or thought of government. For now, we deal with the 1776 generation that founded these united States of America. Two works particularly stand out as frequently referenced during the 1776 generation of people wanting to break free of British ties. Locke & de Vattel. These two links take you to the their work without my comments. John Locke with his Second Treaties on GovernmentEmer de Vattel with is work on The Law of Nations What the Older Document Content Meant to the Signing GenerationThese next two links take you to a page with several sets of digitized older dictionaries and then to a page with hundreds of screenshots of many words used in the documents in the next section. Older DictionariesGlossary of Old Words From the Founding of Our Nation; to the PresentThese next links take you to pages with the entire text of several social contracts; some replaced by the ballot, some replaced by the bullet. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America;The Articles of Confederation The Definitive Treaty of Peace The Constitution of the United States of America The Constitution for the Confederate States of America Improving Our FutureThese three links take you into the future. We can have something much better than the present. Proposed New ConstitutionProposed Government Projects & Programs Constitutional Conventions NextJohn Locke 2nd Treatise on Government |