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Title: Government and Administration of the United States
Author: Westel W. Willoughby and William F. Willoughby
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JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY STUDIES
IN
HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
HERBERT B. ADAMS, Editor
History is past Politics and Politics present History--_Freeman_
NINTH SERIES
I-II
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
OF THE
UNITED STATES
BY
WESTEL W. WILLOUGHBY, A.B.
_Fellow in History_
AND
WILLIAM F. WILLOUGHBY, A.B.
_U.S. Department of Labor_
1801
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Chapters.
I. Preface
II. Government
Monarchy
Absolute
Limited
Aristocracy
Democracy
Republic
Popular Government
III. Functions of Government
Necessary
Optional
IV. Colonial Governments: Their Relation to Each
Other, and to England
Provincial
Proprietary
Charter
V. Steps Toward Union--Articles of Confederation
New England Confederation
Albany Convention
Stamp Act Congress
First Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress
Articles of Confederation
Elements Tending to Separation and to Union
Purposes of the Confederation
Scheme of Government under the Articles
Defects of the Articles
VI. Adoption of the Constitution
The Constitutional Convention
Arguments For and Against Adoption
VII. Presidential Succession
VIII. Election of Senators
IX. Congressional Government
X. Cabinet and Executive Departments
State Department
Treasury Department
War Department
Navy Department
Interior Department
Commissioner
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