The Constitution and the Bill of Rights
by Wim Coleman

Accounts of Shays’ Rebellion, the Articles of Confederation, the call for a Federal Convention, key excerpts from the Virginia Plan, and notes recorded by James Madison provide the background to the framing of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.  This volume also includes documents from Washington, Franklin, Jay, Hamilton, and others, with a look at the effect of the Federalist Papers.  This book also shows the influence of the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, and the Virginia Bill of Rights on the adoption of the young country’s own Bill of Rights.

ISBN: 978-1-57960-057-0     Price: 7.95     68 pages, paperback