Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention 1774 - 1789
About this resource
- Appropriate grades
- 6–12
- Subjects
- social studies (civics and government, United States history)
- Provider
- Library of Congress
- Special requirements
- Quicktime is needed to view images of the documents.
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The Continental Congress Broadside Collection (253 titles) and the Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (21 titles) contain 274 documents relating to the work of Congress and the drafting and ratification of the Constitution. Items include extracts of the journals of Congress, resolutions, proclamations, committee reports, treaties, and early printed versions of the United States Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Most Broadsides are one page in length, others range from 1 to 28 pages.
Also included is a special presentation, "To Form a More Perfect Union: The Work of the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention" as well as a timeline of "America During the Age of the Revolution". The special presentation includes information on organizing the thirteen governments and their militias into one army, inspiring patriotic support, settling the western territories and the concern with the presence of Native Americans living there, strengthening the Articles of Confederation, and drafting a new constitution. The exhibit also has hotlinks to biographical information of those people who were involved in creating a new nation.
