Merrill P Jensen

The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume I: Constitutional Documents and Records 1776-1787

This documentary series is a research tool of remarkable power, an unrivaled reference work for historical and legal scholars, librarians, and students of the Constitution. The volumes are encyclopedic, consisting of manuscript and printed documents-contemporary newspapers, broadsides, and pamphlets...

The Articles of Confederation

The New Nation: A History Of The United States During The Confederation 1781-1789

Race and Revolution (Merrill Jensen Lectures in Constitutional Studies)

The most profound crisis of conscience for white Americans at the end of the eighteenth century became their most tragic failure. Race and Revolution is a trenchant study of the revolutionary generation's early efforts to right the apparent contradiction of slavery and of their ultimate compromises ...

The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume II: Ratification of the Constitution by the States: Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania was the first state to call for a convention to debate ratification of the Constitution in September, 1787. Pennsylvania elected delegates on November 6 for the convention which was held from November 20 to December 15, 1787. On December 12 Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify...

The Founding of a Nation: A History of the American Revolution, 1763-1776

"This wonderfully rich volume challenges those who claim that political history is arid, narrow, or worse, irrelevant to our own concerns. Jensen's study explores popular political mobilization on the eve of American independence. It reconstructs the complex decisions that slowly, often painfully tr...

The Articles of Confederation: An Interpretation of the Social-Constitutional History of the American Revolution, 1774-1781

Events surrounding the writing and ratification of the first constitution are recounted and interpreted.

The Articles of Confederation: Interpretation of the Social-Constitutional History of the American Revolution, 1774-81

The Articles of Confederation; An Interpretation of the Social-Constitutional History of the American Revolution 1774-1781: An Interpretation of the Social-Constitutional History of the American Revol

A Documentary History of the First Federal Elections, 1788-1790

The New Nation: A History of the United States During the Confederation, 1781-1789

The Articles of Confederation: An Interpretation of the Social-Constitutional History of the American Revolution 1774-1781

Regionalism in America

Constitutional Documents and Records, 1776-1787

Tracts of the American Revolution, 1763-1776

Tracts of the American Revolution, 1763-1776

Merrill Jensen

Merrill Monroe Jensen (19051980) was an American historian whose research and writing focused on the ratification of the United States Constitution. ...