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1789 : George Washington and the founders create America / Thomas B. Allen.

by Allen, Thomas B., author.

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Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2023.

Washington, George, 1732-1799.

Constitutional history -- United States.

United States -- History -- Constitutional period, 1789-1809.

United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1809.

9781538183090 (hardcover) :

1538183099 (hardcover) :

396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

First Rowman & Littlefield edition.

Prologue: Eleven states create a nation -- The great cause -- The specter of a king -- The reluctant president -- Out with the old -- A new government awakens -- "Now a king" -- Etiquette advice for the president -- "All is bare creation" -- The constitution as blueprint -- Counting we the people -- America's "other persons" -- A tub full of rights -- "He shall have power" -- Stricken Washington, fearful nation -- Washington gets a Bastille key -- Seeing America's farms and factories -- Many pirates -- and no navy -- The second session: Hope and angst -- On the frontier, spies and plots -- Toward an American language -- Epilogue: in rising glory -- Appendices: The "correct" constitution of the United States; Inside the dozen: The Bill of Rights; A timeline of the founding of the United States and the federal government.

"Long-hidden history of how George Washington and the other Founders set this new federal government into motion"-- Provided by publisher.

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