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| Preface | |
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| The Intentions of the Federal Convention of 1787 | |
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| The Federal Convention and a Bill of Rights | |
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| Predecessors to the American Bill of Rights | |
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| The Purposes and Effects of the Bill of Rights of 1791 | |
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| Amendment I | |
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| Amendments II, III, and IV | |
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| Amendments V, VI, VII, and VIII | |
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| Amendments IX, X, XI, and XII | |
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| Education in the New Republic | |
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| The Confederate Constitution of 1861 | |
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| The Emancipation Proclamation of 1862-1863 | |
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| Amendments XIII, XIV, and XV | |
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| Amendments XVI, XVII, and XIX | |
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| Amendments XVIII and XXI | |
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| Amendments XX, XXII, XXIII, and XXV | |
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| Amendments XXIII, XXIV, XXVI, and XXVII | |
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| The Constitution in the Twenty-first Century | |
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| Appendixes and Sources | |
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| Magna Carta (1215) | |
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| Thomas More's Petition to Henry VIII on Parliamentary Freedom of Speech (1521) | |
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| The Petition of Right (1628) | |
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| The English Bill of Rights (1689) | |
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| Declarations by American Congresses (1765-1776) | |
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| Declarations of Rights and Grievances by the Stamp Act Congress (1765) | |
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| Declaration and Resolves by the First Continental Congress (1774) | |
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| The Declaration of Independence (1776) | |
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| Declarations of Rights (1776-1780) | |
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| Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776) | |
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| Massachusetts Declaration of Rights (1780) | |
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| Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty (1785) | |
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| The Principal Bill of Rights Discussions in James Madison's Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention (1787) | |
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| Monday, August 20, 1787 | |
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| Wednesday, September 12, 1787 | |
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| Saturday, September 15, 1787 | |
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| Amendment Proposals by the Last States to Ratify the Constitution before Its Initial Implementation (1788) | |
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| Virginia Ratification Convention (June 26-27, 1788) | |
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| New York Ratification Convention (July 26, 1788) | |
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| Stages of the Bill of Rights in the First Congress and in the State Legislatures (1789-1791) | |
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| James Madison's Proposals in the House of Representatives (June 8, 1789) | |
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| Amendments Reported by a House of Representatives Committee (July 28, 1789) | |
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| Amendments Passed by the House of Representatives (August 24, 1789) | |
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| Amendments Passed by the Senate (September 9, 1789) | |
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| Amendments Proposed by Congress for Ratification by the States (September 25, 1789) | |
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| Ratification Returns from the States (November 20, 1789-December 15, 1791) | |
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| Letters Exchanged by Thomas Jefferson and John Adams (1814) | |
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| Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Adams (July 5, 1814) | |
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| Letter from John Adams to Thomas Jefferson (July 16, 1814) | |
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| Anglo-American Responses to Slavery (1771-1863) | |
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| Somerset's Case (1771-1772) | |
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| The Constitution of the Confederate States of America (1861) | |
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| The Emancipation Proclamation (1862-1863) | |
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| The Constitution of 1787 with Amendments (1787-1992) | |
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| The Constitution of 1787 (1787) | |
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| Amendments to the Constitution of 1787 (1791-1992) | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |