II.   Early American Political Thought: Religious and Secular Roots (18 January – 1 February)

  A.   Early Colonial (18 - 23 Jan.)

       Mayflower Compact (1620)

      1.  John Winthrop (Dolbeare)
           City upon a Hill (1630)
           Christian Experience (1636)
           The Wicked Capitalism of Robert Keayne (1639) 
           Arbitrary government described and the Government of the Massachusetts vindicated (1644) 
           Liberty (The Little Speech) (1645)

      

      2.  John Wise (Dolbeare)
           Vindication of the Government of New England Churches (1717)

  B.   Revolutionary Period (25 Jan. – 1 Feb.) -- See Timeline "Handout"

         

      1.  Thomas Paine (Dolbeare)                            

      2.  The Declaration of Independence (Dolbeare)                            

      3.  J. Crevecoeur, Letters From an American Farmer (1782), Letters I-III, V, IX, XII.                             

Revolutionary Timeline -- Major Events of the
Revolutionary Period

 1662 Writs of Assistance Act

1754-1763 French and Indian War 

1764 Sugar Act

1765 Stamp Act

1767 Declaratory Act

1767 Townshend Acts

1773 Tea Act

1774 Coercive/Intolerable Acts

1774 First Continental Congress

1775 Second Continental Congress

1776 Declaration of Indepedence

1781 Adoption of the Articles of Confederation

1788 Ratification of the Constitution

 

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