The Revolutionary Writings Of John Adams

The Revolutionary Writings of John Adams presents the principal shorter writings in which Adams addresses the prospect of revolution and the form of government proper to the new United States. This collection illustrates that it was Adams who, before the Revolution, wrote some of the most important documents on the nature of the British Constitution and the meaning of rights, sovereignty, representation, and obligation. Adams wrote equally important works on possible forms of government in a quest to develop a science of politics for the construction of a constitution for the proposed republic.