Chow Kwong Yuen. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 161-163). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter I. --- Prologue ´ؤ The Elitist Consensus --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- """The Cast""- William Manning and Thomas Jefferson" --- p.7 / William Manning (1747-1814) --- p.7 / Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) --- p.15 / Chapter III. --- """The Stage"" - Two Different Worlds: Massachusetts and Virginia in the Eighteenth Century" --- p.27 / The Social Settings --- p.28 / The Religious Settings --- p.38 / The Educational Settings --- p.49 / The Economic Settings --- p.60 / The Political Settings --- p.71 / Chapter IV. --- """The Plot"" 一 Hamilton's Policies and Jay's Treaty" --- p.76 / "“Some Proposals for Making Restitution to the Original Creditors of Government""" --- p.76 / Jefferson on Hamilton's Policies --- p.84 / """The Key of Liberty""" --- p.90 / Jefferson on Jay's Treaty --- p.99 / Chapter V. --- """The Dialogue""" --- p.104 / A Bisected Society versus Society as a Whole --- p.104 / On Human Nature --- p.109 / Government as Unnecessary versus the Absolute Necessity of Civil Government --- p.111 / On the Constitution --- p.120 / "On the People, Property, and Labour" --- p.123 / A Rational Citizen versus a Romantic Revolutionary --- p.129 / Public Space for the Masses to Participate in the Republic --- p.135 / Education and the Circulation of Information --- p.140 / The Uniqueness of America and Americans - American Identity --- p.144 / Chapter VI. --- Epilogue - Conflict and Consensus in the Founding Period --- p.147 / Bibliography --- p.161