| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 92.2

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Book Review

Reclaiming the American Revolution: The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions and Their Legacy. By William J. Watkins Jr. (New York: Palgrave, 2004. xxiv, 236 pp. $45.00, ISBN 14039-6303-7.)
Reclaiming the American Revolution attempts to elevate the Virginia Resolution (of 1798) and the Kentucky Resolutions (of 1798–1799) to the "Pantheon of American charters," second only to the U.S. Constitution (p. 162). According to William J. Watkins Jr., the growth in power of the national government has destroyed the balance between national and state sovereignty that the Founders envisioned, and this book is a historical argument to restore that balance.	1
Watkins begins with a short overview of some of the key events of the 1790s, followed by a chapter on the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 and a chapter on the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions. The final three chapters trace the legacy of the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions and offer proposals for a few present-day reforms that would strengthen the role of state governments in the federal system and restore dual sovereignty.	. . .

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