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"The Constitution Timeline" will provide an informative overview of how the Constitution came to be.

Click below to view the timeline.

Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention 1774-1788 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/contcong.html

In Congress, July 4, 1776. The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America.

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/bdsdcc:@field(DOCID+@lit(bdsdcc02101))

We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union...

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/bdsdcc:@field(DOCID+@lit(bdsdccc0801))

National Archives Experience

http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html

Presentation

To Form a More Perfect Union:
The Work of the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention

Mapping Your Future

http://www.mapping-your-future.org/services/constitution.htm

National Public Radio

http://www.justicelearning.org/ConstitutionDay/index.asp

National Constitution Center - Interactive Constitution (requires Flash)

http://www.constitutionday.us/link_frameset.asp?url=http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/

The U. S. Constitution in Other Languages by ConstitutionFacts.com
French (PDF)   |  Russian (PDF)   |   Spanish (PDF)