 It was the first written Constitution known to history that created a Government, and it marked the beginnings of American democracy, of which Thomas Hooker deserves more than any other man to be called the father.  Catholic Reading Circle Review - Page 791897Full view - About this book
 | 1895 - 816 pages
...at the foundation of the American system."8 John Fiske says: — "The Connecticut Constitution was the first written Constitution known to history that created a government, and it marked the beginnings of American democracy, of which Thomas Hooker deserves more than any other man to be called... | |
 | John Fiske - 1889 - 336 pages
...first written constitution known to history, that created a government,1 and it marked the beginnings of American democracy, of which Thomas Hooker deserves...today is in lineal descent more nearly related to that 1 The compact drawn up in the Mayflower's cabin was not, in the strict sense a constitution, which... | |
 | John Fiske - 1889 - 338 pages
...first written constitution known to history, that created a government,1 and it marked the beginnings of American democracy, of which Thomas Hooker deserves...today is in lineal descent more nearly related to that 1 The compact drawn up in the Mayflower's cabin was not, in the strict sense a constitution, which... | |
 | John Fiske - 1889 - 338 pages
...history, that created a government,1 and it marked the beginnings of American democracy, of which Themas Hooker deserves more than any other man to be called...today is in lineal descent more nearly related to that 1 The compact drawn up in the Mayflower's cabin was not, in the strict sense a constitution, which... | |
 | 1895 - 822 pages
...* * * John Fiske writes of Connecticut's Constitution in his "Beginnings of New England:'' " It was the first written constitution known to history that...and it marked the beginning of American democracy. The Government of the United States to-day is in lineal descent more nearly related to that of Connecticut... | |
 | William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Francis Trevelyan Miller - 1905 - 1454 pages
...breath of that atmosphere which is now so familiar to us." Fiskes' Beginnings of New England says: " It marked the beginning of American Democracy, of...more than any other man to be called the father." Another authority says of Thomas Hooker that he was "The man who first visioned and did much to make... | |
 | William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Francis Trevelyan Miller - 1900 - 700 pages
...first written Constitution known to history, that created a government, and it marked the beginnings of American democracy, of which Thomas Hooker deserves,...more than any other man, to be called the father. The Pastor of the Hartford Church was Connecticut's great Legislator. Mr. Hooker made the journey from... | |
 | Zephaniah Swift Holbrook - 1895 - 68 pages
...at the foundation of the American system."2 John Fiske says: — "The Connecticut Constitution was the first written Constitution known to history that created a government, and it marked the beginnings of American democracy, of which Thomas Hooker deserves more than any other man to be called... | |
 | Joshua William Caldwell - 1895 - 222 pages
...instrument which is known as the " Fundamental Orders of Connecticut." Of this, Mr. Fiske says : " It was the first written constitution known to history that created a government, and it made the beginning of American democracy." * It must be remembered, however, that the Connecticut men... | |
 | John Brown - 1895 - 384 pages
...limitations of the power and place unto which they call them. This of Connecticut has been described as the first written Constitution known to history that created a government, and as having marked the beginning of that American democracy of which Thomas Hooker more than any other... | |
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