The People's Guide to the United States Constitution | Illustrated Edition

Details about The People's Guide to the United States Constitution:

Original texts of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights and all amendments, with enough background, examples, and definitions to easily read and understand these documents.

Spin-Free, Easy-to-Understand

The People’s Guide to the United States Constitution is an easy-to-read and understand, spin-free guide to our founding documents.

Arguments over the Constitution

Although we are constantly bombarded with arguments over constitutional issues in the media, surveys show most Americans have not read and understood our Constitution even though it is just 25 pages long. The reason? The language of our Constitution written by our Founding Fathers is over 200 years old with lots of unusual words and legal terms.

Essential Historical Context and Important Definitions

This book provides the essential historical context and explains important definitions of the language used at the time they were written, so that you can read straight through the original texts and gain confidence in your own understanding of the powerful and exciting agreements written to guarantee your freedom.

• Are our rights being protected or eroded?
• What is the true purpose of government and what are its duties?
• Why was the Bill of Rights written?

Protect Your Rights and Liberty

Individuals should read this book to protect their rights and liberty and insist their elected officials read and understand the U.S. Constitution. Many have used this book to gain U.S. citizenship. Many home schoolers use it to learn about America, our government and politics. Many college students us it to gain an understanding of the Constitution before they begin in-depth study of the massive amount of constitutional case law.

The Constitution Is a Framework for Cooperation

The Constitution is a framework for cooperation and is the basis of civics and citizenship. When everyone knows it you’ll have millions of people helping to protect your rights in a more harmonious civilization. Protect your rights by encouraging your friends and elected representatives to read the Constitution.

The Preamble to Our Constitution Unites Americans with Its Six Purposes

The one sentence Preamble to our Constitution unites Americans of all political affiliations, as nearly all Americans agree with the six simple and powerful Purposes of our Federal Government.

The Six Simple and Powerful Purposes of Our Federal Government That Nearly All Americans Agree With

1. In order to form a more perfect Union
2. Establish justice
3. Insure domestic tranquility
4. Provide for the common defense
5. Promote the general welfare
6. Secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity

Here is the Preamble in bold letters, with definitions of key words in brackets:

We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union [a group of independent states joined together for some specific purpose], establish justice [behavior or treatment based on what is morally right or fair; or, the administration of the law or authority in maintaining this.], insure domestic [refers to one’s own country] tranquility [calmness], provide for the common defense, promote the general [concerning all or most people] welfare [prosperity and happiness], and secure the blessings [benefits] of liberty to ourselves and our posterity [all of a person’s descendants; all future generations or future mankind], do ordain [officially order] and establish [set up on a permanent basis] this Constitution for the United States of America.