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The documents themselves. The Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers, Locke, Tocqueville, Paine. The arguments before the settlement.

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The Federalist Papers

Hamilton, Madison and Jay arguing for ratification, 1787 to 1788.

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The Anti-Federalist Papers

Brutus, Cato and the Federal Farmer, warning what ratification would cost.

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Second Treatise of Government

Locke on the state of nature, property, consent and the right of revolution.

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Democracy in America

Tocqueville on equality, association, and the tyranny of the majority.

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Common Sense

Paine’s 1776 pamphlet, and the argument that turned a colony into a cause.

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