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

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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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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 ⓘ
linked to: London, England
genre political philosophy ⓘ
political science literature ⓘ
hasPart Volume I of A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America ⓘ
Volume II of A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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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A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America → hasPart → Volume I of A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America ⓘ
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A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America → hasPart → Volume II of A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America ⓘ
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A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America → hasPart → Volume III of A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America ⓘ
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