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HISTORY
OF THE
FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

IN FIVE BOOKS.

I. –THE CONFEDERATION.

II. –ON THE WAY TO A FEDERAL CONVENTION.

III. –THE FEDERAL CONVENTION.

IV. –THE PEOPLE OF THE STATES IN JUDGMENT ON THE CONSTITUTION.

V.–THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

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Publication information: Book title: History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent. Volume: 6. Contributors: George Bancroft - Author. Publisher: D. Appleton. Place of publication: New York. Publication year: 1891. Page number: 1.

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History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent - Vol. 6

Table of contents Table of contents

Title Page i
Contents of the Sixth Volume iii
History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States of America 1
The Formation of the Constitution of the United States of America. in Five Books. Book First. the Confederation. to June 1783 3
Chapter I- A Retrospect. Early Movements toward Union. 1643–1781 5
Chapter II- The Struggle for Revenue. 1781–1782 24
Chapter III- Amebica and Great Beitain. 1782–1783 36
Chapter IV- America and Continental Europe. 1783 54
Chapter V- A Call on the Army to Interpose. January–March 1783 59
Chapter VI- The American Aemy and Its Chief. March 1783 70
Chapter VII- Disbanding the Army. March–July 1783 78
The Formation of the Constitution of the United States of America. in Five Books. Book Second. on the Way to a Federal Convention. 1783–1787 87
Chapter I- How the Land Received the Legacy of Washington. June-December 1783 89
Chapter II- Virginia Statesmen Lead toward a Better Union. 1784 110
Chapter III- The West. 1784–1785 125
Chapter IV- The Regulation of Commerce. the Fifth Congress. 1784–1785 136
Chapter V- Obstacles to Union Removed or Quieted. 1783–1787 154
Chapter VI- State Laws Impairing the Obligation of Contracts Prove the Need of an Overruling Union. before May 1787 167
Chapter VII- Congress Confesses Its Helplessness. 1783–1786 177
Chapter VIII- Virginia Invites Deputies of the Several Legislatures of the States to Meet in Convention. September 1786 To May 1787 195
The Formation of the Constitution of the United States of America. in Five Books. Book Third. the Federal Contention. May-September 1787 205
Chapter I- The Constitution in Outline. 14 May to 13 June 1787 207
Chapter II- New Jersey Claims an Equal Representation of the States. the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth of June 1787 231
Chapter III- The Connecticut Compromise. from 19 June to 2 July 1787 239
Chapter IV- The Adjustment of Representation. from the Third to the Twenty-Third of July 1787 255
Chapter V- The Outline of the Constitution Completed and Referred from the 17th to the 27Th of July 1787 270
Chapter VI- The Colonial System of the United States. from January 1786 To July 1787 277
Chapter VII- The Constitution in Detail. the Powers of Congress. 6 August to 10 September 1787 292
Chapter VIII- The Constitution in Detail. the Powers of Congress, Continued. from the Middle to the End of August 1787 311
Chapter IX- The President. July, August, and September 1787 326
Chapter X- The Federal Judiciary. August and September 1787 348
Chapter XI- The Last Days of the Contention. September 12 To September 17, 1787 357
The Formation of the Constitution of the United States of America. in Five Books. Book Fourth. the People of the States in Judgment on the Constitution. 1787–1788 369
Chapter I- The Constitution in Congrese and in Virginia. September to November 1787 371
Chapter II- The Constitution in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey; and in Georgia. from 18 September 1787 To 2 January 1788 381
Chaptek III- The Constitution in Connecticut and Massachusetts. from 26 September 1787 To 6 February 1788 393
Chapter IV- The Constitution in New Hampshire, Maryland, and South Carolina. from February to 23 May 1788 409
Chapter V- The Constitution in Virginia and in New Hampshire. from May 1785 To 25 June 1788 421
The Formation of the Constitution of the United States of America. in Five Books. Book Fifth. the Federal Government. June, 1787 439
Chapter I- The Constitution. 1787 441
Chapter II- The Lingering States. 1787 To 2 August 1788 452
Chapter III- The Federal Government of the United States. 1788 To 5 May 1789 463
Index 477
Volumes I and II Now Ready. a. History of the People of the United States, from the Revolution to the Civil War. by John Bach McMaster. to Be Completed in Five Volumes. Volumes I and II Now Ready. Octavo, Cloth, Gilt Top. Price, $2.50 Each *
Works on English History *
Works on French History *
D. Appleton & Co.’s Publications *

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