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| The Remedy | |
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| Was It Necessary and Timely to Reconstruct the Nation's Government? | |
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| Public Opinion and Constitutional Reform | |
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| A Republican National Government | |
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| The Requirements and Ambiguities of Republicanism | |
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| The Challenge of Reconstitution | |
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| Controlling Republican Politics: The Main Challenge | |
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| The Central Role of Political Majorities in Republican Government | |
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| Malicious Politicians | |
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| Could a Republican Government Control Republican Politics? | |
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| The Challenge of Republican Government | |
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| Broad Nationalism: The Politics of the Virginia Plan | |
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| Madison's Strategy for the Convention | |
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| Virginia's Diagnosis | |
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| Virginia's Plan for a New National Government | |
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| From Agenda to Battleground | |
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| Narrow Nationalism: The Virginia Plan's Opponents | |
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| The Virginia Plan's Threat | |
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| The Political Strategy of the Virginia Plan's Opponents | |
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| An Alternative Agenda: New Jersey's Plan | |
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| The New Jersey Plan's Consequences | |
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| Crossroads | |
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| The Politics of Building Government Institutions | |
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| Selecting U.S. Representatives | |
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| Why was the Selection of Members of Congress So Crucial? | |
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| The Direct Election of U.S. Representatives | |
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| The Struggle for Proportional Representation in the House | |
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| Apportioning House Seats Among the States | |
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| Determining House Seats in the Future | |
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| The Path of Representation in the House | |
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| Selecting U.S. Senators | |
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| Envisioning the Senate | |
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| Who Selects the Senators? | |
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| Treason and Shared Sovereignty | |
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| The Path of American Federalism | |
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| Slavery | |
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| Slavery and Representation | |
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| The Slave Trade | |
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| Fugitive Slaves | |
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| The Path of Slavery and Race in the United States | |
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| Economic Authority | |
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| Taxes and Their Limits | |
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| Commerce | |
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| Money, Credit, and Debt | |
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| Land | |
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| Economic Development | |
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| The Path of Economic Authority | |
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| National Security and Foreign Policy | |
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| The Military | |
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| Domestic Rebellion and the State Militias | |
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| War, Peace, and Treaties | |
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| The Path of National Security and Foreign Policy | |
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| The End Game | |
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| The Ratification Process | |
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| Amendments | |
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| New States | |
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| Imperfections and Signing | |
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| The Uncertainties That Remained | |
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| The Path of Constitutional Acceptance and Development | |
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| A Republic, If You Can Keep It | |
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| What Drove the Constitution's Design? | |
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| Ideas and Interests | |
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| Politics | |
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| Broad and Narrow Nationalism | |
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| The Sequence of Constitutional Choice | |
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| The Results of the Constitutional Convention | |
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| The Enduring Republic | |