The Constitution of the United States

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Taylor-Butler studied both engineering and art & design at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

What Is a Constitution?: It's a big word. It's an even bigger idea!	p. 7
The Divided States of America: Can 13 cranky colonies get together?	p. 13
Meet Five Framers of the Constitution: Who made it happen?	p. 18
The Constitutional Convention: Finally, everyone makes it to the meeting!	p. 21
Working Out the Problems: It was big states against small states. Who won?	p. 25
The Constitution in Action: How does it affect us today?	p. 35
True Statistics	p. 43
Resources	p. 44
Important Words	p. 46
Index	p. 47
About the Author	p. 48
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The Constitution of the United States

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