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What is the constitution?

by Patricia Brennan Demuth ; illustrated by Tim Foley

(Who HQ : your headquaters for history : who? what? where?, . The New York Times best-selling series)

Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House, c2018

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Chronologies: p. 106-107

Includes bibliographical references (p. 108)

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We the people at Who HQ bring readers the full story--arguments and all--of how the United States Constitution came into being. Signed on September 17, 1787--four years after the American War for Independence--the Constitution laid out the supreme law of the United States of America. Today it's easy for us to take this blueprint of our government for granted. But the Framers--fifty-five men from almost all of the original 13 states--argued fiercely for many months over what ended up being only a four-page document. Here is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the hotly fought issues--those between Northern and Southern States; big states and little ones--and the key players such as James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington who suffered through countless revisions to make the Constitution happen.

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