Colonists, Residents, Constitutions: Creating the American Republic

• Foreword by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Affiliate Justice of the Supreme Courtroom of the USA
• Accompanies exhibition on the New-York Historic Society February 26–Might 26, 2020 and the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia June 1–July 5, 2020
• First public view of those privately owned paperwork collectively, together with a uncommon, privately owned copy of the unique 1787 US Structure
• Well timed publication throughout the politically charged 2020 US presidential election yr

Colonists, Residents, Constitutions highlights paperwork that inform the story of American constitutionalism from the founding period via the flip of the 20th century. Accompanying a significant exhibition on the New-York Historic Society and the Museum of the American Revolution, the guide options federal and state constitutional supplies―together with a uncommon, privately owned copy of the unique 1787 US structure―that provide important home windows onto the historical past of the USA. Remarkably quite a few and impressively numerous, constitutions enabled Individuals to create revolutionary governments of, by, and for the folks. Weaving each well-known and fewer acquainted paperwork right into a compelling narrative, the accessible textual content reveals how Individuals have exercised their constitutional powers to form their communities and why democracy stays an ongoing course of, one by which residents should continuously try to create “extra good” unions amongst themselves.