America's founding charters: primary documents of Colonial and Revolutionary era governance

v.1 Origins, 1580s-1688

Ideas on governance and first charters

Charters and essential governing documents

Consolidation of colonies and resistance : dominion status, 1685-1689

v.2 The colonial and provincial growth of American governance : developments and defense, 1689_1776. Governmental developments during the Eighteenth Century

Essays on governance and defense of colonial government

Plans for unity, divided colonies, and united independence

v. 3 Governance in the confederation period, 1776-1787. The first state constitutions : debates, adoptions, and amendments

The Articles of Confederation : proposed, debated, and ratified

Continental Congress as the national government.