The United States Constitution and early state constitutions
Subtitle: law and order in the new nation and states
By: Holly Cefrey.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Life in the new American nation
Publisher: Rosen Pub. Group
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: United States. -- Juvenile literature.; United States.; Constitutional history -- United States -- Juvenile literature.; Constitutions -- United States -- States -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Constitutional law.; Constitutional history.; Constitutional law -- United States -- States.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789 -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Explains how the United States Constitution came to be, including events leading up to the Constitutional Convention, and explores how the Constitution changed the way the United States was governed.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 30) and index.
Table of contents: title: Charters and Constitutions in colonial times; title: New states in need of new rules; title: A new government; title: We, the people.