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"Whatever your party affiliation or politics, your beliefs need to start with an understanding of the Constitution, the 1789 document on which our government is based. Why are there three branches of government? What is executive privelege? What is meant by the Bill of Rights? This insightful guide answers these important questions and many others. It couldn't be more necessary and relevant in these complicated times. Includes the complete text of...
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2015.
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Covers the basic aspects of the Constitution including: it's hidden meanings (many of its words and phrases meant something different in the 18th century than they do today); how the founders wanted the Constitution interpreted; how the original Constitution protected your rights; understanding what a privilege is and how it different from a right; and how the Constitution's framers were ahead of their time in respecting women and minorities.
10) The Magna Carta
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[2020]
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English
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"Although a British document, the Magna Carta was an influential and important written document that helped shape the foundation of America. Readers will discover why this primary source is so important, the context behind the document, and how it inspired key U.S. documents like the Constitution and the Bill of Rights."--
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2022.
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"One standard story about America is rooted in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Another story concerns America's moment of reckoning after the Civil War, when it was possible to believe that the country would transcend its racist roots. Kermit Roosevelt III argues here that today, with the country increasingly riven along violent divides, we can find a path forward by shifting our benchmarks from the first story, which fostered...
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c2008
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In May 1787 delegates from across the country--including George Washington, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin--gathered in Philadelphia and, meeting over the course of a sweltering summer, created a new framework for governing: the Constitution of the United States.
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[2015]
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English
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The Magna Carta is revered around the world as the founding document of Western liberty. Its principles can be found in our Bill of Rights and in the Constitution. But what was this strange document that dwells on tax relief and greater fishing rights, and how did it gain legendary status?
Dan Jones takes us back to 1215, the turbulent year when the Magna Carta was just a peace treaty between England’s King John and a group of self-interested,...
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2020
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"If the Founding Fathers surveyed our nation today and together composed a single speech to America, what would they say? The prologue begins to answer that question as it chronicles a current-day reunion of America's Founding Fathers at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Through a stroke of Providence, the Founders have assembled once again to take up their pen and save the country they love. Their resulting work, THE FOUNDERS' SPEECH TO A NATION...
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[2021]
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"A groundbreaking work that retells modern history through the rise and spread of written constitutions--some enlightened, many oppressive--to every corner of the globe. Filling a crucial void in our understanding of world history, Linda Colley reconfigures the rise of the modern world over three centuries through the advent of written constitutions. Her absorbing work challenges accepted narratives, focusing on rulers like Catherine the Great, who...
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