US Constitution: A Pocket Reference: US Constitution, Brief History, Declaration of Independence, Questions and Answers, Famous Quotes - Couverture souple

Madison, James; Jefferson, Thomas; Washington, George; Franklin, Benjamin; Adams, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0981559697 ISBN 13 : 9780981559698

Editeur : PowerThink Publishing, LLC, 2016

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This is the most comprehensive "pocket" edition on the United States Constitution. This 96 page reference fits nicely in your pocket for quick, convenient access.

Contents Included in this Handy Pocket Reference:

• The Complete Constitution of the United States
  - Preamble and 7 Articles
  - The Bill of Rights and All Other Amendments
  - In Convention Monday, Sept. 17th, 1787 (Presentation of the Constitution before Congress)
  - Congress of the United States Sept. 25, 1797 (The Presentation of the First 12 Amendments to the Legislatures)
• A Brief History of the US Constitution
  - Introduction, Articles of Confederation, The Delegates, The Virginia Plan, The New Jersey Plan, Hamilton's Plan, The Great Compromise, The First Draft, The Federalists & Anti-Federalists, Ratification, The Bill of Rights, The Document Enshrined.
• The Declaration of Independence
• Questions and Answers Pertaining to the Constitution (over 80 Questions & Answers covering the key points of the Constitution)
• Famous Quotes from the Founders (Key Quotes from John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington)
• Inside back cover label with Bonus Coupon Code and URL Web Address for a FREE download of this reference and more in a fully indexed and navigable eBook format for your computer and mobile device. (Includes this entire reference work plus more: US Constitution with Bill of Rights and Amendments, Declaration of Independence, A Brief History of the US Constitution, The Federalist Papers, Common Sense by Thomas Paine, The Articles of Confederation, The Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents (Washington to Obama), The Magna Charta, The Mayflower Compact, and The First Written Constitution)

Product Review:

AMERICA, 1786. Ten years have past since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. But America's hopes for a united country are dangerously threatened. England wages a new war of unfair trade and tariffs. Fragmented states continually bicker over currencies, trade, taxations. America is a powder keg ready to explode.

But a handful of brilliant courageous men, James Madison, George Washington, and Benjamin Franklin, and others lead a three year diplomatic battle that culminates in Philadelphia. There they created a new form of government...one that has since become the standard of freedom and democracy for the rest of the world.

Now, in a convenient 96 page booklet, PowerThink Publishing (publishers of The Five Thousand Year Leap & US Constitution Coach Kit), brings you The US Constitution: A Pocket Reference. This booklet gives you everything you need and more to gain a knowledge of the US Constitution and other key documents. Not only does it include the complete Constitution of the United States along with the Bill of Rights and all the Amendments but we have also included A Brief History of the US Constitution, a work that was first published by the National Archives under the title A More Perfect Union: The Creation of the Constitution. This useful work gives a detailed glimpse into the key events leading up to and surrounding the summer of 1787 when a 'few good men' got together in order to form 'a more perfect union' for the people of America. From the abolishment of the Articles of Confederation and the introduction of the Virginia Plan to the Great Compromise and the Document Enshrined, this pocket guide to the US Constitution is a work you won't want to be without.

Measuring in inches only 6 x 4 x 0.2, this handy reference will fit in any pocket to take with you wherever you go.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Thomas Jefferson (1743 1826) was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the third President of the United States (1801 1809). He was an influential Founding Father, and an exponent of Jeffersonian democracy. Jefferson often referred to America as a great "Empire of Liberty" that would promote republicanism. At the beginning of the American Revolution, Jefferson served in the Continental Congress, representing Virginia. He then served as the wartime Governor of Virginia (1779 1781), barely escaping capture by the British in 1781. From mid-1784 Jefferson served as a diplomat, stationed in Paris, initially as a commissioner to help negotiate commercial treaties. In May 1785, he became the United States Minister to France. He was the first United States Secretary of State, (1789 1793). During the administration of President George Washington, Jefferson advised against a national bank and the Jay Treaty. He was the eponym of Jeffersonian democracy and the co-founder and leader of the Democratic-Republican Party, which dominated American politics for 25 years. Jefferson was born, and married into, prominent planter families; he was a loving husband to his wife Martha, who died in childbirth, and an affectionate father to their children. As a planter, Jefferson owned hundreds of slaves throughout his life; he held views on the racial inferiority of Africans common among Virginians for this period in time. After his wife died, Jefferson had an intimate relationship with his slave Sally Hemings, and had six children by her. A participant in The Enlightenment, Jefferson was a polymath who spoke five languages and was deeply interested in science and political philosophy. He wrote more than sixteen thousand letters and was acquainted with many influential people in America and Europe. Along with most southern planters, he disliked the international slave trade and presided over its abolition in 1807. Jefferson is typically rated by historical scholars as one of the greatest U.S. presidents.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: PowerThink Publishing, LLC
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0981559697
• ISBN 13: 9780981559698
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Illustrateur: Frederickson Evan