Introduction : accountability and democratic theory -- Radical trust and accountability in the seventeenth century -- Fidelity and accountability in Virginia and Bermuda -- Politics and ecclesiastics in Plymouth and Massachusetts -- Constitutional conflict and political argument at Boston -- Democratic constitutionalism in Connecticut and Rhode Island -- Conclusions
Summary
Explores the profound impact of seventeenth-century American political thought on modern democratic ideas
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-204) and index