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Section 2. _The Transition from Colonial to State Governments._
Dissolution of assemblies and parliaments
Committees of correspondence; provincial congresses
Provisional governments; "governors" and "presidents"
Origin of the senates
Likenesses and differences between British and American systems
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Section 3. _The State Governments_.
Later modifications
Universal suffrage
Separation between legislative and executive departments; its
advantages and disadvantages as compared with the European plan
In our system the independence of the executive is of vital importance
The state executive
The governor's functions: 1. Adviser of legislature; 2. Commander of
state militia; 3. Royal prerogative of pardon; 4. Veto power
Importance of the veto power as a safeguard against corruption In
building the state, the local self-government was left unimpaired
Instructive contrast with France
Some causes of French political incapacity
Vastness of the functions retained by the states in the American Union
Illustration from recent English history
Independence of the state courts
Constitution of the state courts
Elective and appointive judges
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SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS AND DIRECTIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
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