A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America

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book non-fiction book political treatise work of political philosophy

A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America is a three-volume political treatise by John Adams that analyzes historical republics to justify and defend the proposed American system of separated powers and mixed government.

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Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America	1
John Adams’s political writings	1
Volume I of A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America	1
Volume II of A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America	1
Volume III of A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America	1
defense of the proposed American constitution	1

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instanceOf	book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ political treatise ⓘ work of political philosophy ⓘ
aim	to defend mixed government in the United States ⓘ to justify the American system of separated powers ⓘ
analyzes	historical republics ⓘ
author	John Adams ⓘ
circulation	widely read among American founders ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ
discusses	Italian city-state republics ⓘ ancient republics ⓘ the British constitution ⓘ
firstPublicationPlace	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
genre	political philosophy ⓘ political science literature ⓘ
hasPart	A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Volume I of A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Volume II of A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Volume III of A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America
historicalContext	debates over the framing and ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
historicalSignificance	influential in early American constitutional debate ⓘ
influencedBy	Enlightenment political philosophy ⓘ classical republican thought ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainTheme	analysis of historical republics ⓘ A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: defense of the proposed American constitution
notableFor	comparative study of republican constitutions ⓘ systematic defense of separation of powers in the United States ⓘ
numberOfVolumes	3 ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Federalist-leaning thought ⓘ
publicationPeriod	1787–1788 ⓘ
relatedTo	Federalist Era political thought ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ
subject	constitutional government ⓘ mixed government ⓘ political theory ⓘ republicanism ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ
supportsConcept	bicameral legislature ⓘ checks and balances ⓘ independent judiciary ⓘ separate executive power ⓘ
targetAudience	American and European political thinkers ⓘ
timeOfCreation	late 1780s ⓘ
writtenByFutureOffice	second president of the United States ⓘ
writtenByOccupationOfAuthor	American statesman ⓘ

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