Contents
The Fathers of the Constitution
| Chapter | Chapter Title | Page |
|---|---|---|
| I. | The Treaty of Peace | [1] |
| II. | Trade and Industry | [22] |
| III. | The Confederation | [35] |
| IV. | The Northwest Ordinance | [55] |
| V. | Darkness Before Dawn | [81] |
| VI. | The Federalist Convention | [108] |
| VII. | Finishing the Work | [125] |
| VIII. | The Union Established | [143] |
| Appendix | [167] | |
| *Declaration of Independence | [167] | |
| *Articles of Confederation | [175] | |
| *Northwest Territory Ordinance | [190] | |
| *Constitution of the United States | [201] | |
| Bibliographical Note | [219] | |
| Notes on the Portraits | [225] | |
| Index | [239] |
THE FATHERS OF THE CONSTITUTION
[CHAPTER I]
THE TREATY OF PEACE
“The United States of America”! It was in the Declaration of Independence that this name was first and formally proclaimed to the world, and to maintain its verity the war of the Revolution was fought. Americans like to think that they were then assuming “among the Powers of the Earth the equal and independent Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them”; and, in view of their subsequent marvelous development, they are inclined to add that it must have been before an expectant world.