The Story of the Constitution of the United States
The book The Story of the Constitution of the United States was written by author Francis Newton Thorpe Here you can read free online of The Story of the Constitution of the United States book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Story of the Constitution of the United States a good or bad book?
What reading level is The Story of the Constitution of the United States book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
To the people of Pennsylvania, Dela- Avare, South Carolina, and New Ham])shire the title of the executive, " President, " was familiar, and it was the title of the presiding officer in the Congress of the Confederation. The people were also familiar with the term Congress as descriptive of a national legislature. The title "Senate" for the u]H)er house, representing the States, was familiar to the people of Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, New York, Massachusetts, New ITampshire, Connecticut..., and ]{ho(lc Island; and the title for the low I'r house, "the House of liepicscntat i\cs, " had hccn long used in the four New England Slates, 'i'liat tlie IV'deral judges should be a})- |M)inted l»y the I'lcsident, hy and with the consent of the Senate, foUnwcil ;i jn-cccdcnt faniiliar to the peo])le of all the *Sou prffueo lu IJaiRTufl's lliKlonj nf Uic Conatitutioii, vul. I, I'llilicm 1882. WHENCE CAME THE CoXST/TUTJoX? 145 States. The-two yeur. S' Utiu uf office for hk'hiIkts of the House of Ke}»resentatives was a comj)roniise between the various terms suggested by the State constitutions ; the sys- tem by which one third of the national Senate was to retire every two years prevailed in New York, Pennsylvania, Vir- ginia, and Delaware.
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
User Reviews: