Manual of the Constitution of the United States
Subtitle: designed for the instruction of American youth in the duties, obligations, and rights of citizenship
By: by Israel Ward Andrews
Publisher: Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co.
Published: 1874
Place of publication: Cincinnati
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
Subjects: Constitutions; Politics and government; Constitutional law; United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Civil government - its object, origin, and nature - different forms of government - peculiarity of that of the United States - not a consolidated republic, nor a league of states; title: The colonial governments - royal, proprietary, and charter - the causes of the revolution - the continental congress - the declaration of independence; title: The articles of confederation - their failure - the convention to form a constitution; title: The constitution of the United States; title: The ratification of the constitution by the several states; title: The admission of new states - the territorial governments; title: Practical operation of the constitution; title: The state governments.