What Is the Constitution?
- ISBN-10
- 1524786101
- ISBN-13
- 9781524786106
- Series
- What Is the Constitution?
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-06-19
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Authors
- Who HQ, Patricia Brennan Demuth
Description
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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