Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! San Diego State University history professor Edward Blum quizzes students on the minimum age requirements to serve as President of the United States ...

Madison drafted these notes in advance of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 (April 1787). We find the arguments initiated here repeated in speech at the Convention and systematically elaborated in ...

The United States Constitution has become the primary text of America’s civil religion. As a nation lacking a common religion, “We the People” have come to worship our Constitution as the scripture ...

"The book has been designed, printed and bound by the Arion Press, San Francisco, under the direction of Andrew Hoyem.The paper was made by hand especially for this edition by the Twinrocker Mill, ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison. Their goal was to urge voters to ratify the newly-drafted United States ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (CNN Newsource/WKRC) - An extremely rare and extremely old copy of the United States Constitution will soon be sold at auction, and it could fetch millions. When Congress was ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (Amazing America) — A compromise forged in secrecy during the summer of 1787 totally changed the trajectory of the United States, leading to the creation of an important governing ...

A scene from the Constitutional Convention. George Washington is seated at a table in conversation with Benjamin Franklin. Additionally, one representative from each of the twelve participating states ...

On September 17, 1787, 39 delegates from 12 states assembled at Independence Hall in Philadelphia and signed the United ...

The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the United States. It sets up the national government and protects the ...