Creation of the Republican Institutions, 1776 – 1787
The revolutionaries of the American Revolution did not tire of insisting that their cause was not limited to just attaining independence from Great Britain. Their expectation was the inauguration of a new order for the ages, by demonstrating that a stable and permanent form of government would be that in which people were sovereign and governed themselves without the benefit of the lords of king. Therefore, after the Declaration of independence, the issue of political power arose. This issue had many perspectives which included where power would reside (national government or states), who would be in control of the new republican ...
