Creating the Republic--I

1. The Problem of Legitimacy
   1. British Heritage--How Do You Do Without an Aristocracy?
   2. Internal Issues of Authority
      1. Who Represents Whom?
      2. Backcountry vs. Tidewater
      3. Religious Dissent
   3. Relations Among the States--The Articles of Confederation (1781)
2. Resources Available for Solving the Problem of Legitimacy
   1. A Heritage of Self-Government
   2. A Political Philosophy--Republicanism
      1. Hostility to Concentrated Power
      2. Government by "Independent" Men
         1. Independent Means
         2. Virtue
         3. Patriotism
         4. "Natural Aristocracy"--Franklin as a Model
      3. The Object of Government--The "Public Good"
         1. Equality (at Least for White Guys)
         2. No Special Privilege
3. Designing State Governments
   1. Legislative Supremacy
   2. Political Reforms
      1. Broadened Suffrage
      2. Direct Representation
      3. Religious Disestablishment
4. The Issue of Slavery
   1. The Problem
      1. (Slave) Property as a Basic Right
      2. Freedom as a Basic Right
   2. The Solution
      1. South--Resistance to Emancipation
      2. North--Gradual Emancipation Laws
5. The Revolution Outrunning the Revolutionaries--NEXT