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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I

HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS

I. COLONIAL ORIGINS OF AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS

II. INDEPENDENCE, UNION, AND SELF-GOVERNMENT

III. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION.

IV. THE EVOLUTION OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION.

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V. THE EVOLUTION OF STATE CONSTITUTIONS

VI. THE EVOLUTION OF POLITICAL ISSUES IN THE UNITED STATES

VII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF PARTY MACHINERY

PART II

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

VIII. THE GENERAL FEATURES of the FEDERAL SYSTEM OF GOV.

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND

POLITICS