What Did the Constitution Mean To Early Americans? (Historians at Work)

About this book

What did the Constitution mean to early Americans? Ostensibly the foundational document of a sovereign American people the U.S. Constitution affected different kinds of Americans in very different ways. Modern historians have investigated its impact on various groups in an effort to determine what the Constitution meant to the founding generation of Americans. Exploring how early Americans shaped responded to and debated the document this volumes 5 selections attempt to gauge the Constitutions ultimate success in forging a government based on the consent of the American people.