MHS We The People

Research Links for Unit 1
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/.....
    This is a super website because it lists all the major primary sources in chronological order. It's really good :)

http://www.historywiz.com/locke.htm.....
    This website is great in that it takes excerpts from Locke?s Second Treatise and identifies his beliefs about property, war, etc.

http://library.thinkquest.org/11572/origins/files/english.html.....
    This site offers some perspective on English influences on American government.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Enlightenment.....
    This site offers an overview of the Enlightenment and its influence on our society.

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/PHIL.HTM.....
    This website has a great collection of the influences of the Philosophes.

http://www.civiced.org/papers/political.html.....
    Great article on Classical Republicanism, Natural Rights and the Founding Fathers.

http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=799.....
    Great article written by Woodrow Wilson about "What is a constitutional government"

http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/v1ch17s22.html.....
    A great letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson outlining the concepts of a Constitutional Government.

http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/tocs/toc.html.....
    This is a great website on ?The Founders Constitution?. There are numerous letters about key concepts of government and each part of the constitution.

http://www.constitution.org/liberlib.htm.....
    Liberty Library of Constitutional Classics. This has numerous essays dealing with all facets of the Constitution and constitutional theory. It is a great source for Primary Sources.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/259964/a_comparison_of_british_and.....
    This is a good article comparing the British and American Legal Systems.

http://jim.com/rights.html.....
    This is a great essay on Natural Law and the origins of it, as well as philosopher?s views on it.
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