Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, — Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
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Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, was diverted to finding means and devices to tame that democracy.

— Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
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