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The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States
A pocket edition of America's founding documents. To encourage people everywhere to better understand and appreciate the principles of government that are set forth in America’s founding documents, th...e Cato Institute published this pocket edition of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America. With more than three million copies in print, this edition’s influence has been observed far and wide. It has been held up by senators at press conferences and by representatives during floor debate; found in federal judicial chambers across the country; appeared at conferences on constitutionalism in Russia, Iraq, and elsewhere; and sold at U.S. Park Service stores, Restoration Hardware, and book stores around the country. It’s a perfect gift for friends and family. Order your copies today!
The Declaration Of Independence
The text of the Declaration of Independence is accompanied by illustrations meant to help explain its meaning. The text of the Declaration of Independence is accompanied by il...lustrations meant to help explain its meaning.
The Declaration Of Independence (The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes, #2)
This Year The Fall Festival At The High School Will Be The Best Ever. Abby Wants To Go With Her Friends--not Her Parents And Little Brother. But First She Has To Prove How Mature She Has Become...
American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence
Pauline Maier shows us the Declaration as both the defining statement of our national identity and the moral standard by which we live as a nation. It is truly "American Scripture," and Maie...r tells us how it came to be — from the Declaration's birth in the hard and tortuous struggle by which Americans arrived at Independence to the ways in which, in the nineteenth century, the document itself became sanctified.Maier describes the transformation of the Second Continental Congress into a national government, unlike anything that preceded or followed it, and with more authority than the colonists would ever have conceded to the British Parliament; the great difficulty in making the decision for Independence; the influence of Paine's Common Sense, which shifted the terms of debate; and the political maneuvers that allowed Congress to make the momentous decision.In Maier's hands, the Declaration of Independence is brought close to us. She lets us hear the voice of the people as revealed in the other "declarations" of 1776: the local resolutions — most of which have gone unnoticed over the past two centuries — that explained, advocated, and justified Independence and undergirded Congress's work. Detective-like, she discloses the origins of key ideas and phrases in the Declaration and unravels the complex story of its drafting and of the group-editing job which angered Thomas Jefferson.Maier also reveals what happened to the Declaration after the signing and celebration: how it was largely forgotten and then revived to buttress political arguments of the nineteenth century; and, most important, how Abraham Lincoln ensured its persistence as a living force in American society. Finally, she shows how by the very act of venerating the Declaration as we do — by holding it as sacrosanct, akin to holy writ — we may actually be betraying its purpose and its power. Publishers Weekly How is it that a document that was at points derivative, specious, inflated and politically compromised came to take on almost sacred significance in American culture? In fact, few Americans have bothered to examine much beyond a few choice clauses from the preamble ("all men are created equal... life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" etc.). But Maier (The Old Revolutionaries) certainly has. After a succinct and engaging account of the circumstances of the Second Continental Congress, she examines Jefferson's models, particularly the state and local declarations of independence framed in the spring of 1776. Maier then looks carefully at the work's original (though now largely ignored) purposethe airing of grievances against George III, some of which were localized insults generalized to the nation; some, so vague as to be pointless; some, blinkered versions of complex situations. Having set the stage, Maier then proceeds in the last quarter of her book to describe the evolving significance of the Declaration. Whereas Jefferson began to see it as his best chance at glory with the Republicans, who exploited it as an anti-British instrument, Lincoln used it to refute Stephen Douglas and, ultimately, slavery. It's not a terribly long book and could probably have been shorterthere are superfluities and tautologies (e.g. restating the point that leveling accusations at the king was the way Englishmen declared revolution). But these are stylistic quibbles. As an argument and an introduction to a crucial artifact of American culture, this book will clearly take its place alongside works by Michael Kammen and Garry Wills.
The Constitution of the United States with Index and The Declaration of Independence
This Constitution Was Proofed Word For Word Against The Original Constitution Housed In The Archives In Washington, D.c. It Is Identical In Spelling, Capitalization And Punctuation And Is Sized In Acc...ordance With One Produced By President Thomas Jefferson. -- Title Page.
Independence: The Struggle to Set America Free
In The Very Midst Of A Revolution : The Proposal To Declare Independence -- A Spirit Of Riot And Rebellion : Lord North, Benjamin Franklin, And The American Crisis -- Defenders Of American Liberty : S...amuel Adams, Joseph Galloway, And The First Continental Congress -- It Is A Bill Of War. It Draws The Sword : Lord Dartmouth, George Washington, Hostilities -- A Rescript Written In Blood : John Dickinson And The Appeal Of Reconciliation -- Progress Must Be Slow : John Adams And The Politics Of A Divided Congress -- The King Will Produce The Grandest Revolution : George Iii And The American Rebellion -- The Folly And Madness Of The Ministry : Charles James Fox, Thomas Paine, And The War -- We Might Get Ourselves Upon Dangerous Ground : James Wilson, Robert Morris, Lord Howe, And The Search For Peace -- The Fatal Stab : Abigail Adams And The Realities Of The Struggle For Independence -- Not Choice, But Necessity That Calls For Independence : The Dilemma And Strategy Of Robert Livingston -- The Character Of A Fine Writer : Thomas Jefferson And The Drafting Of The Declaration Of Independence -- May Heaven Prosper The New Born Republic : Setting America Free -- This Will Cement The Union : America Is Set Free. John Ferling. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality
Allen Makes The Case That We Cannot Have Freedom As Individuals Without Equality Among Us As A People. Evoking The Colonial World Between 1774 And 1777, Allen Describes The Challenges Faced By John Ad...ams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, And Robert Livingston--the Committee Of Five Who Had To Write A Document That Reflected The Aspirations Of A Restive Population And Forge An Unprecedented Social Contract. Although The Focus Is Usually On Jefferson, Allen Restores Credit Not Only To John Adams And Richard Henry Lee But Also To Clerk Timothy Matlack And Printer Mary Katherine Goddard. Allen Also Restores The Text Of The Declaration Itself. Its List Of Self-evident Truths Does Not End With Our Individual Right To The Pursuit Of Happiness But With The Collective Right Of The People To Reform Government So That It Will Effect Their Safety And Happiness. The Sentence Laying Out The Self-evident Truths Leads Us From The Individual To The Community--from Our Individual Rights To What We Can Achieve Only Together, As A Community Constituted By Bonds Of Equality. Night Teaching -- Patrimony -- Loving Democracy -- Animating The Declaration -- The Writer -- The Politicos -- The Committee -- The Editors -- The People -- On Memos -- On Moral Sense -- On Doing Things With Words -- On Words And Power -- When In The Course Of Human Events -- Just Another Word For River -- One People -- We Are Your Equals -- An Echo -- It Becomes Necessary -- The Laws Of Nature -- And Nature's God -- Kinds Of Necessity -- We Hold These Truths -- Sound Bites -- Sticks And Stones -- Self-interest? -- Self-evidence -- Magic Tricks -- The Creator -- Creation -- Beautiful Optimism -- Prudence -- Dreary Pessimism -- Life's Turning Points -- Tyranny -- Facts? -- Life Histories -- Plagues -- Portrait Of A Tyrant -- The Thirteenth Way Of Looking At A Tyrant -- The Use And Abuse Of History -- Dashboards -- On Potlucks -- If Actions Speak Louder Than Words -- Responsiveness -- We Must, Therefore, Acquiesce -- Friends, Enemies, And Blood Relations -- On Oath -- Real Equality -- What's In A Name? Danielle Allen. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 297-299) And Index.
The Constitution of the United States with the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation
Originally drafted by the Constitutional Convention in 1787, the Constitution defines the United States of America. This greatest of all American documents not only establishes our system of governmen...t, it limits the power of that government, specifying our irrevocable rights and privileges as individuals. The Constitution remains as relevant today as it was over two hundred years ago.Included in this volume are the complete texts of the Constitution of the United States of America and its amendments; the Declaration of Independence; and the Articles of Confederation. The book also includes an insightful introduction by R.B. Bernstein, a chronology of important dates, and an index to the Constitution.
The Declaration of Independence and Other Great Documents of American History 1775-1865
Thirteen compelling and influential documents: Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death," Declaration of Independence, The Constitution of the United States, James Madison's The Fede...ralist, George Washington's First Inaugural Address, The Monroe Doctrine, Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, The Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, and more.
What Is The Declaration Of Independence? (What Was...?)
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