Thoughts on government

Book • 1776

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Mentioned as a book written by John Adams, outlining how every state's constitution should look.

Mentioned by

Danielle Allen

as the pamphlet where Adams argued that happiness is the end of society and government, influencing the Declaration's language.

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Edward Larson

as John Adams's influential 1776 pamphlet prescribing balanced republican constitutions.

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Edward J. Larson

when explaining the origin story and representative government.

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