What Is the Constitution?

• Author(s): Patricia Brennan Demuth, Who HQ,
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Pages: 112
• ISBN_10: 1524786098
  ISBN_13: 9781524786090
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods , Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Science / Politics & Government , Juvenile Nonfiction / Law & Crime ,

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.