This meticulously edited collection is dedicated to the raw and at the same time visionary foundations on which present day United States stands on. Contents:The Beginnings of the American PeopleThe Discovery of the Old World and the NewThe Partition of the New WorldThe English Migration in the Seventeenth CenturyEngland and her Colonies in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth CenturiesThe American People in the Eighteenth CenturyThe Winning of Independence The Eve of the Revolution A Patriot Of 1763The Burden Of EmpireThe Rights Of A NationDefining The IssueA Little Discreet ConductTesting The IssueThe Declaration of Independence: A Study in the History of Political Ideas Historical Antecedents of the Declaration: The Natural Rights PhilosophyHistorical Antecedents of the Declaration: Theory of the British EmpireDrafting the DeclarationThe Literary Qualities of the DeclarationThe Philosophy of the Declaration in the Nineteenth Century