An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States

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An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States is an 1814 political treatise by John Taylor of Caroline that offers a states’ rights, agrarian, and anti-Federalist critique of the U.S. Constitution and federal power.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction work ⓘ
political treatise ⓘ
advocates agrarian republicanism ⓘ
decentralization of political power ⓘ
limited federal government ⓘ
sovereignty of the states ⓘ
associatedWith Jeffersonian political tradition ⓘ
Old Republicanism ⓘ
author John Taylor of Caroline ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticizes U.S. Constitution ⓘ
consolidated national government ⓘ
federal power ⓘ
era post-Founding era of the United States ⓘ
genre political philosophy ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
hasPerspective anti-Hamiltonian ⓘ
anti-nationalist ⓘ
pro-agrarian ⓘ
pro-states’ rights ⓘ
historicalPeriod early American Republic ⓘ
intendedAudience American political readers and policymakers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject United States Constitution ⓘ
agrarianism ⓘ
federal government of the United States ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
states’ rights ⓘ
notableFor comprehensive attack on federal consolidation ⓘ
influence on later states’ rights and nullification arguments ⓘ
systematic states’ rights critique of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
placeInAuthorOeuvre major theoretical work of John Taylor of Caroline ⓘ
politicalPosition agrarian ⓘ
anti-Federalist ⓘ
states’ rights ⓘ
strict constructionist ⓘ
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
publicationYear 1814 ⓘ
topic constitutional interpretation ⓘ
dangers of centralized power ⓘ
political economy of the early United States ⓘ
relationship between federal and state governments in the United States ⓘ
workOf John Taylor of Caroline ⓘ

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subject linked to: John Taylor