Birth of the Republic: The Origin of the United States : 9781589807273

From the Christian and antisocialist foundations of American civilization to the American Revolution, the drafting of the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitutional Convention of 1787, this detailed history of the origin of the United States of America examines the differences between a federal system of government and a national system of government. With conviction, the author demonstrates that the American Constitution establishes a federal republic that rests upon the pillars of sovereign states.