Defining Documents in American History: The Constitution

Publisher Salem Press

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Salem Press

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Copyright

2022

ISBN13

9781637003565

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eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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This volume analyzes the sections of the Constitution itself, and its amendments, as well as other documents that have played a significant role in its creation and adherence. The Constitution has remained in force for over two centuries due to the way the framers separated and balanced governmental powers. It is interpreted, supplemented, and implemented by a large body of federal constitutional law, and has influenced the constitutions of other nations.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Publisher’s Note.
Editor’s Introduction.
Contributors.
Full Table of Contents.
1: Founding Era Constitutional Debates.
2: Virginia Declaration of Rights.
3: Letter on the Virginia Constitution.
4: Articles of Confederation.
5: Constitution of Massachusetts.
6: Notes on the State of Virginia.
7: Account of Shays’s Rebellion.
8: A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America.
9: Constitution of the United States.
10: Letters of a Countryman.
11: Federalist No. 10: “The Utility of the Union as a Safeguard against Domestic Faction and Insurrection”.
12: Federalist Nos. 24 and 25: “The Powers Necessary to the Common Defense”.
13: Federalist No. 35: “Concerning the General Power of Taxation”.
14: Federalist No. 46: “The Influence of the State and Federal Governments Compared”.
15: Federalist No. 51: “The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances between the Different Departments”.
16: Federalist No. 70: “The Executive Department Further Considered”.
17: Federalist No. 78: “The Judiciary Department”.
18: Patrick Henry Speech at the Virginia Ratifying Convention.
19: George Nicholas Speech at the Virginia Ratifying Convention.
20: Federalist No. 84: “Certain…Objections to the Constitution Considered and Answered”.
21: Presidential Oath and Inauguration.
22: George Washington’s First Inaugural Address.
23: The Bill of Rights.
24: First Draft of First Amendment Rights.
25: House of Representatives Debate on the Second Amendment.
26: An Account of the Supremest Court of Judicature in Pennsylvania, viz., the Court of the Press.
27: The Bill of Rights.
28: Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
29: Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
30: Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Consti
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Defining Documents in American History: The Constitution

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