Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs
Proposes each colony divided into districts sending delegates to Congress; president chosen by lot from a colony's delegation.
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From Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Paine sketches a concrete plan: annual assemblies in each colony, a Continental Congress with a rotating presidency, and a Continental Charter securing freedom and property — anticipating later American constitutional design.
Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs
Calls for a Continental Conference to frame a Continental Charter, 'answering to what is called the Magna Charta of England.'
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In America THE LAW IS KING. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other.Read in Books4Free →
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