On March 4, 1789, New York City's church bells pealed, cannons fired, and flags snapped in the wind to celebrate the date set for the opening of the First Federal Congress. In many ways the establishment of Congress marked the culmination of the American Revolution as the ship of state was launched from the foundation of the legislative system outlined in Article I of the Constitution. Inventing Congress presents the latest scholarship on the interrelated intellectual, institutional, cultural, and political antecedents of the formation of the First Federal Congress. The first section covers the origins of the body, ranging in discussion from the question of how the founders' understanding of classical Greek and Roman republican precedent shaped their thinking, to the political lessons learned during the Continental and Confederation Congresses. The second section concerns itself with the establishment of the First Federal Congress, examining several heretofore little-treated aspects of the most important Congress in history, including its relationship to the press, morality, the arts and sciences, and economic philosophy. Inventing Congress represents the papers from the first two conferences sponsored by the United States Capitol Historical Society in its series, “Perspectives on the History of Congress, 1789-1801.”

Inventing Congress: Origins and Establishment of the First Federal Congress (Perspective History Of Congres)

History

Bowling, Kenneth R.

Americas

Ohio University Press

Amid the turbulent swirl of foreign intrigue, external and internal threats to the young nation’s existence, and the domestic partisan wrangling of the 1790s, the United States Congress solidified its role as the national legislature. The ten essays in The House and Senate in the 1790s demonstrate the mechanisms by which this bicameral legislature developed its institutional identity. The first essay sets the scene for the institutional development of Congress by examining its constitutional origins and the efforts of the Founders to empower the new national legislature. The five following essays focus on two related mechanisms—petitioning and lobbying—by which citizens and private interests communicated with national lawmakers. Although scholars tend to see lobbying as a later nineteenth-century development, the papers presented here clearly demonstrate the existence of lobbyists and lobbying in the 1790s. The final four papers examine other aspects of the institutional development of the House and the Senate, including the evolution of political parties and congressional leadership. The essays in this collection, the third volume in the series Perspectives on the History of Congress, 1789-1801, originated in a series of conferences held by the United States Capitol Historical Society from 1994 to 2001.

The House and Senate in the 1790s: Petitioning, Lobbying, and Institutional Development (Perspective History Of Congres)

Leaders of the American Revolution envisioned the United States as the next great world empire. George Washington and his allies, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, believed that the capital of that empire should be a commercial as well as political emporium. They spearheaded the effort to place it on the Potomac and make Virginia a preeminent commercial state. The Creation of Washington, D.C. covers the political struggle between the North and the South over the location of the American capital city and explains the origin of Congress's exclusive jurisdiction over the city.

Creation of Washington D.C.: The Idea and Location of the American Capital

Rl Innactive Titles

Covers the political struggle that led to the location of America's capital.

The Creation of Washington, D.C.

George Mason Univ Pr

Birth of the Nation is the first comprehensive treatment of the work of the critically important Congress which converted the words of the Federal Constitution of 1787 into action and brought to a close the American Revolution.

Birth of the Nation: The Federal Congress, 1789-1791

Bickford, Charlene Bangs

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

The Master Study Bible center-column reference system links you to thousands of related passages in the King James text, as well as alternate readings for obscure and difficult-to-translate words, creating a systematic approach to Bible study that allows the Bible itself to serve as its own best commentary. Features include 9 point type size, 500-page encyclopedia, 400-page topical concordance, eight full-color maps, and much more.

Creating the Federal City, 1774-1800: Potomac Fever

American Institute of Architects Press

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Books by Bowling, Kenneth R.

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Inventing Congress: Origins and Establishment of the First Federal Congress (Perspective History Of Congres)

The House and Senate in the 1790s: Petitioning, Lobbying, and Institutional Development (Perspective History Of Congres)

Creation of Washington D.C.: The Idea and Location of the American Capital

The Creation of Washington, D.C.

Birth of the Nation: The Federal Congress, 1789-1791

Birth of the Nation: The Federal Congress, 1789-1791

Creating the Federal City, 1774-1800: Potomac Fever