The Declaration of Independence and the Us Constitution with Bill of Rights & Amendments Plus the Articles of Confederation by Thomas Jefferson

The Declaration of Independence and the Us Constitution with Bill of Rights & Amendments Plus the Articles of Confederation by Thomas Jefferson

The most crucial documents defining the United States of America are collected here in one incredible volume, including The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution of the United States, The Articles of Confederation, The Paris Peace Treaty of 1783, The Bill of Rights and All Amendments, and key Presidential Inaugural Addresses. From the Declaration of Independence which explains why The American Revolution was necessary and boldly declaring that all men are created equal to the treaty that ended the war to The Constitution, The Bill of Rights, and its further amendments, the forging of a powerful free country is captured in these pages. Defining the attitudes and aspirations of this newly formed country's leaders, the inaugural addresses of presidents George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin D. Roosevelt add to this edition. The amazing spirit behind the formation of the United States of America fills this book from cover to cover.

Benjamin Franklin, statesman, philosopher, and man of letters, was born in Boston in 1706 of Protestant parents. He entered Boston Grammar School when he was eight and later attended George Brown Ell's school. When he was twelve his father apprenticed him to his half-brother James as a printer. James was later the publisher of the New England Courant, where Franklin's first articles, The Dogood Papers, were published before he was seventeen. He went to Philadelphia in 1723 and pursued his trade of printer. He was befriended by William Keith, Governor of Pennsylvania, who offered to help the young man get started in business. Franklin left for England, where he hoped to arrange for the purchase of printing equipment. Arriving in London in 1724, he was soon deserted by Keith, and again turned to printing for a livelihood. His privately printed Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain (1725) introduced him to leading Deists and other intellectuals in London. A year later, he returned to Philadelphia, and by 1730 he had been appointed public printer for Pennsylvania. In 1731 he established the first circulation library in the United States; in 1743-44, The American Philosophical Society. In 1748 he retired from the trade of printer but continued to advise and back his partner and to draw profit from the business. Poor Richard's Almanack was his most spectacular success as a publisher, having gone through numerous editions and been translated in many languages. During the next thirty-five years he devoted himself largely to politics and diplomacy, but still wrote and engaged in scientific ventures. He resigned as Minister to France in 1785, returned to America, and was elected President of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Still concerned with the rights of the individual, he published papers encouraging the abolition of slavery. He died in Philadelphia in 1790.

Larzer Ziff is a research professor of English at Johns Hopkins University who has written extensively on American literary culture.

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ISBN 13	9781935785088
ISBN 10	1935785087
Title	The Declaration of Independence and the Us Constitution with Bill of Rights & Amendments Plus the Articles of Confederation
Author	Thomas Jefferson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bottom of the Hill Publishing
Year published	2010-06-01
Number of pages	76
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