CHAPTER

PART I

HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS

I. COLONIAL ORIGINS OF AMERICAN INSTITUTION

II. INDEPENDENCE, UNION, AND SELF-GOVERNME

III. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FEDERAL CONS

IV. THE EVOLUTION OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUT

V. THE EVOLUTION OF STATE CONSTITUTIONS

VI. THE EVOLUTION OF POLITICAL ISSUES IN THE

VII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF PARTY MACHINERY

IX. THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF THE PR

X. THE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT

XI. THE NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION

AMERICAN GOVERNME

POLITICS

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