=2. The Declaration of Independence: its origin, its importance, and an analysis of its political principles.= =References=: C. H. VAN TYNE, _The American Revolution_, pp. 50-87; JOHN FISKE, _The American Revolution_, Vol. I, pp. 147-197; _The Madison Papers_, Vol. I, pp. 19-27; H. FRIEDENWALD, _The Declaration of Independence, an Interpretation and Analysis_, pp. 121-151. =3. From what sources did the framers of the constitution borrow their ideas?= =References=: C. E. STEVENS, _The Sources of the Constitution_, pp. 35-116; J. H. ROBINSON, _The Original and Derived Features of the Constitution_, pp. 203-210; S. G. FISHER, _The Evolution of the Constitution_, pp. 11-25. =4. How the constitution has developed.= =References=: JAMES BRYCE, _The American Commonwealth_, Vol. I, pp. 360-410; W. B. MUNRO, _Government of the United States_, pp. 57-70; C. G. TIEDEMAN, _The Unwritten Constitution of the United States_, pp. 16-53. Short Studies 1. =The spirit of America.= WOODROW WILSON, _History of the American People_, Vol. II, pp. 98-126. 2. =How England controlled the Colonies.= G. C. LEWIS, _The Government of Dependencies_, pp. 189-240. 3. =The New England Confederation.= EDWARD CHANNING, _History of the United States_, Vol. I, pp. 414-436. 4. =The Stamp Act.= EDWARD CHANNING, _History of the United States_, Vol. III, pp. 46-79. 5. =The Articles of Confederation.= C. H. VAN TYNE, _The American Revolution_, pp. 175-202. 6. =The weakness of the Confederation.= JOHN FISKE, _The Critical Period of American History_, pp. 90-133. 7. =The personnel of the constitutional convention.= MAX FARRAND, _The Framing of the Constitution of the United States_, pp. 14-41. 8. =The difficulties which confronted the convention.= _The Federalist_, No. XXXVI; (in W. B. MUNRO, _Selections from the Federalist_, pp. 109-116; also in C. A. BEARD, _Readings on American Government and Politics_, pp. 44-47). 9. =Contemporary objections to the constitution.= A. C. MCLAUGHLIN, _Confederation and the Constitution_, pp. 277-281; 287-288; P. L. FORD, _Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States_, especially pp. 3-23. 10. =The political ideas of the Fathers.= H. J. FORD, _Rise and Growth of American Politics_, pp. 17-34. 11. =Outstanding features of the constitution as a document.= W. B. MUNRO, _Government of the United States_, pp. 44-56. 12 =How amendments are made.= C. A. BEARD, _Readings in American Government and Politics_, pp. 56-61. Questions 1. Show how the form of government established by England in the American colonies compares with the form of government maintained by the United States in Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico today. 2. In what respects did the colonies differ from one another and in what respects were they pretty much alike?