Founding America : documents from the Revolution to The Bill of Rights / Founding America : a timeline edited, with an introduction and notes by Jack N. Rakove ; George Stade, consulting editorial director. - New York : Barnes & Noble Classics, 2006. - xxv, 646 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical resources (p. 643-646).

Founding America: a timeline -- General introduction by Jack N. Rakove -- The Imperial dispute -- First Continental Congress -- Second Continental Congress -- "Remember the ladies" -- Inventing a republic -- Independence -- Drafting The Articles of Confederation -- Reforming The Articles of Confederation -- George Washington -- Political reformers -- The road to Philedelphia -- Rival visions of union -- Getting down to details -- The Constitution -- A more perfect union -- The case against the Constitution -- Publius replies -- The problem of declaring rights -- Proposing amendments -- Framing The Bill of Rights.

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