# The Constitution of the United States of America and Selected Writings - Hardcover

by **Editors of Chartwell Books** (Compiled by)

**This beautiful hardcover volume contains the two documents every American and citizen of the world should read: the complete text of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America, along with all 27 of its amendments.**

A full, analytical index of the original Constitution and all of its ratified amendments follows.

On July 4, 1776, in the midst of the Revolutionary War, the thirteen colonies of the United States ratified a document that would later be known as the **Declaration of Independence**. In it, the Continental Congress and the people it represented declared they were no longer under the rule of Great Britain and were now the United States.

The Delegates who convened at the Federal Convention in Philadelphia on May 25, 1787, agreed to construct a new framework for a national government. Throughout the next four months, led by their elected president, George Washington, they debated the proper form such government should take.

Once the **Constitution** was constructed, the debates that ensued in state senates while it was being ratified by each state made clear the need for additions to the basic framework drafted in Philadelphia to protect certain liberties at the core of American traditions. James Madison, then a member of the new United States House of Representative, drafted a list of amendments to guarantee the freedoms that Americans hold dear that would become known as the **Bill of Rights**.

The documents in this collection are **a monument to the combined spirit of all Americans** as well as a testament to the **extraordinary minds of our founding fathers**, who put them on paper.

Whether you are a history buff looking to enhance your library; or you are studying or teaching US government in school or at home and need a sturdy, portable reference; or you simply want to be able to prove that you are right in your political arguments, wherever they may occur--this edition containing **the exact, uninterrupted words of America's founders** is what you are looking for.

Essential volumes for the shelves of every classic literature lover, the **Chartwell Classics series** includes beautifully presented works and collections from some of the most important authors in literary history. Chartwell Classics are the editions of choice for the most discerning literature buffs.

Other titles in the **Chartwell Classics series** include: _The Essential Tales & Poems of Edgar Allen Poe_; _The Essential Tales of H.P. Lovecraft_; _The Federalist Papers_; _The Inferno_; _The Call of the Wild and White Fang_; _Moby Dick_; _The Odyssey_; _Pride and Prejudice_; _Grimm's Fairy Tales_; _Emma_; _The Great Gatsby_; _The Secret Garden_; _Anne of Green Gables_; _The Phantom of the Opera_; _The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital_; _The Republic_; _Frankenstein_; _Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea_; _The Picture of Dorian Gray_; _Meditations_; _Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass_; _A Tales of Two Cities_; _Beowulf_; _The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde_; _Adventures of Huckleberry Finn_; _Little Women_; _Wuthering Heights_; _Peter Pan_; _Persuasion_; _Aesop's Fables_; T_he Alchemist_; _Crime and Punishment_; _Dracula_; _Great Expectations_; _The Iliad_; _Irish and Fairy Folk Tales_; _The Legend of Sleepy Hollow_; _The War of the Worlds_; and _The Time Machine and The Invisible Man_.

### Author Biography

Publishing and supplying books to wholesalers, mail order companies, and retail stores for over 60 years, **Chartwell Books** publishes across a wide range of subjects, including history, craft, home reference, puzzles and games, music and music instruction, art instruction, transportation, and more.

**Number of Pages:** 176

**Dimensions:** 0.7 x 7.7 x 5.9 IN

**Publication Date:** October 11, 2022

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