The Constitution of the United States, the Declaration of Independence and The Bill of Rights: The U.S. Constitution, all the Amendments and other Essential ... Documents of the American History Full text

By Founding Fathers and James Madison

"We the people of the United States..."

So begins one of the most famous documents in world history, the Constitution of the United States of America. First drafted in 1787 by the Founding Fathers—men like Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington—the United States Constitution gives the framework for what became the United States government.

Included in this collection are:
• The Declaration of Independence
• The complete text of the Constitution of the United States
• The Bill of Rights and all subsequent Amendments
• The Articles of Confederation

• Language: English
• Publisher: AA Press
• Release date: Feb 3, 2021
• ISBN: 9789895622030

Founding Fathers

The American Founding Fathers were the politicians, statesmen, and key figures who participated in the American Revolution and drafting of the country's crucial documents, thereby establishing the United States of America in the late 18th century.

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THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, U.S. CONSTITUTION, BILL OF RIGHTS, LATER AMENDMENTS & ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

Table of Contents

The Declaration of Independence

Signers

United States Constitution

Preamble

Article I — Legislative Branch

Section 1 — Congress

Section 2 — The House of Representatives

Section 3 — The Senate

Section 4 — Elections

Section 5 — Powers and Duties of Congress

Section 6 — Rights and Disabilities of Members

Section 7 — Legislative Process

Section 8 — Powers of Congress

Section 9 — Powers Denied Congress

Section 10 — Powers Denied to the States

Article II — Executive Branch

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Article III — Judicial Branch

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Article IV — States, Citizenship, New States

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Article V — Amendment Process

Article VI — Debts, Supremacy, Oaths, Religious Tests

Article VII — Ratification

Signers

Amendments to the Constitution

First Amendment — Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition

Second Amendment — Right to Bear Arms

Third Amendment — Quartering of Soldiers

Fourth Amendment — Search and Seizure

Fifth Amendment — Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self Incrimination, Due Process, Takings

Sixth Amendment — Right to Speedy Trial by Jury, Witnesses, Counsel

Seventh Amendment — Jury Trial in Civil Lawsuits

Eighth Amendment — Excessive Fines, Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Ninth Amendment — Non-Enumerated Rights Retained by People

10th Amendment — Rights Reserved to States or People

11th Amendment — Suits Against States

12th Amendment — Election of President and Vice President

13th Amendment — Abolition of Slavery

Section 1

Section 2

14th Amendment — Citizenship Rights, Equal Protection, Apportionment, Civil War Debt

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

15th Amendment — Right to Vote Not Denied by Race

Section 1

Section 2

16th Amendment — Income Tax

17th Amendment — Popular Election of Senators

18th Amendment — Prohibition of Liquor

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

19th Amendment — Women’s Right to Vote

20th Amendment — Presidential Term and Succession, Assembly of Congress

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

21st Amendment — Repeal of Prohibition

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

22nd Amendment — Two-Term Limit on Presidency

Section 1

Section 2

23rd Amendment — Presidential Vote for D.C.

Section 1

Section 2

24th Amendment — Abolition of Poll Taxes

Section 1

Section 2

25th Amendment — Presidential Disability and Succession

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

26th Amendment — Right to Vote at Age 18

Section 1

Section 2

27th Amendment — Congressional Compensation

The Articles of Confederation

Preamble

Article I

Article II

Article III

Article IV

Article V

Article VI

Article VII

Article VIII

Article IX

Article X

Article XI

Article XII

Article XIII

Signers

The Declaration of Independence

Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776

The Unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience