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The Founders' Constitution PrimaryThe Founders' Constitution Primary
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University of Chicago
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9th - 10th
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The Founders' Constitution

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The University of Chicago provides thousands of primary source documents concerning the diverse contents of the Constitution. Documents underlying the proposed Constitution, as well as documents of the time debating the proposed Constitution are available and sorted by the major themes of the Constitution. Links to each part of the text of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are also available.

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Concepts

popular sovereignty, the constitution

Additional Tags

antifederalists, convention, federalists, bicameralism, confederation, constitutional, political authority, republic, republican government, separation of powers, constitution

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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