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1 day ago · The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was the first constitution of the United States. The document was drafted by a committee appointed by the Second Continental Congress in mid-June 1777 and was adopted by the full Congress in mid-November of that year. Ratification by the 13 colonies took more than three years and was completed ...
4 days ago · Original copy of the U.S. Constitution, housed in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Constitution of the United States of America, the fundamental law of the U.S. federal system of government and a landmark document of the Western world.
5 days ago · Constitutional Convention, convention that drew up the U.S. Constitution. Stimulated by severe economic troubles, which produced radical political movements such as Shays’s Rebellion, the convention met in Philadelphia (May 25–September 17, 1787), ostensibly to amend the Articles of Confederation.
3 days ago · The U.S. Constitution, featuring profiles on Founding Fathers, a comprehensive collection of amendments, and a wealth of historical documents. Online since 1995.
1 day ago · This article deals with the theories and classical conceptions of constitutions as well as the features and practice of constitutional government throughout the world. For specific discussion of the U.S. Constitution, see Constitution of the United States of America.
2 days ago · The Declaration of Independence, formally titled The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America (in the engrossed version but also the original printing), is the founding document of the United States.
5 days ago · The only way to understand the original, legal meaning of the Constitution lies in a process known as “originalism.” To read the Constitution through an originalist framework means we seek to determine how the people who ratified it and put it into legal effect understood it at the time.
