Commentary

• Seedtime of the Republic: The Origin of the American Tradition of Political Liberty

  - Rossiter, Clinton. Seedtime of the Republic: The Origin of the American Tradition of Political Liberty. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1953.
  Table of Contents: 1. Colonial Government and the Rise of Liberty, 2. Colonial Religion and the Rise of Liberty, 3. The Colonial Economy and the Rise of Liberty, 4. Colonial Society and the Rise of Liberty, 5. The Colonial Mind and the Rise of Liberty, 6.… More

• The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89

  - Morgan, Edmund S. The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1956.
  In The Birth of the Republic, 1763–89, Edmund S. Morgan shows how the challenge of British taxation started Americans on a search for constitutional principles to protect their freedom, and eventually led to the Revolution. By demonstrating that the… More

• The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard Bailyn

  - Bailyn, Bernard. The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1967. ; Fiftieth Anniversary Edition: Bailyn, Bernard. The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution. 50th Anniversary ed. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
  From the publisher: The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, awarded both the Pulitzer and the Bancroft prizes, has become a classic of American historical literature. Hailed at its first appearance as “the most brilliant study of the meaning of… More

• The Creation of the American Republic by Gordon Wood

  - Wood, Gordon S. The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1969.

• American Political Thought: The Philosophic Dimension of American Statesmanship

  - Frisch, Morton J., and Richard G. Stevens, editors. American Political Thought: The Philosophic Dimension of American Statesmanship. New York: Scribner, 1971.

• Fame and the Founding Fathers: Essays

  - Adair, Douglass. Fame and the Founding Fathers: Essays. New York: Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Va., by Norton, 1974.

• Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution

  - McDonald, Forrest. Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution. Lawrence, Kan: University Press of Kansas, 1985.

• The Last of the Fathers: James Madison and the Republican Legacy

  - McCoy, Drew R. The Last of the Fathers: James Madison and the Republican Legacy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989.

• The Federalist: Design for a Constitutional Republic

  - Carey, George Wescott. The Federalist: Design for a Constitutional Republic. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989.

• Republics Ancient and Modern: Inventions of Prudence: Constituting the American Regime

  - Rahe, Paul Anthony. Republics Ancient and Modern: Inventions of Prudence: Constituting the American Regime. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1994.

• The Sacred Fire of Liberty: James Madison and the Founding of the Federal Republic

  - Banning, Lance. The Sacred Fire of Liberty: James Madison and the Founding of the Federal Republic. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1995.

• Explaining America: The Federalist

  - Wills, Garry. Explaining America: The Federalist. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1981.

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• The Founders’ Key

  - A lecture delivered by Dr. Larry P. Arnn at The Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship of Hillsdale College.  This lecture took place on December 2, 2011 at The Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center in Washington D.C.