Creating the Constitution
Subtitle: the people and events that formed the nation
By: Daniel Weidner.
Series: The Constitution
Publisher: Enslow
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: United States. Constitutional Convention -- Juvenile literature.; United States. -- Juvenile literature.; United States.; United States.; Constitutional history -- United States -- Juvenile literature.; Constitutional history.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789 -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Explores the creation of the United States Constitution, including the people involved, the ratification process, and the implications for the nation's government, both at its inception and today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [109-110]) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Articles of Confederation; title: The meeting that changed the nation; title: The framing of the Constitution; title: Ratification; title: Concepts of the Constitution; title: The Bill of Rights; title: Adjustment and extension of rights; title: The Constitution at work.