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<p><p>the Stories Behind The Constitution Are As Powerful As The Nation It Created.<p>&#8220;we The People Of The United States, In Order To Form A More Perfect Union, Establish Justice, Insure Domestic Tranquility, Provide For The Common Defense, Promote The General Welfare, And Secure The Blessings Of Liberty To Ourselves And Our Posterity, Do Ordain And Establish This Constitution For The United States Of America.&#8221; <p>after The American Revolution, The Thirteen United States Were Joined, Barely, By An Almost Powerless Government. The Federal Army Was Too Weak To Defend The Nation; There Was No National Currency; And There Was No Authority To Collect Taxes For Debts. Soon States&#8217; Militias Were Needed To Quiet Rebellions. As Washington Wrote, If A Change Wasn&#8217;t Made Soon, The New Nation &#8220;rais[ed] At The Expense Of So Much Blood And Treasure, Must Fall.&#8221; <p>delegates From Twelve Of The Thirteen States Met In Philadelphia In The Summer Of 1787 To Create The United States Constitution. But It Was No Easy Task&#8212; Four Months Of Bitter Debate Ensued, In Which Arguments Became So Heated That Delegates Nearly Abandoned The Convention Many Times. <p>thirt

Author

Dennis Brindell Fradin; illustrations by Michael McCurdy

Publisher

New York: Walker: Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780802789723

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir

Updated

2026-03-24