America Saved by the Constitution

The First Time

For the Founding Fathers assembling in Philadelphia May 25, 1787, it was a frightening experience. The entire American experiment was falling to pieces! The unity that existed during the Revolutionary War had disappeared * There was a deep depression with runaway inflation and rioting in some places * The states were quarreling over boundaries in the west and fishing rights in the east * The states actually treated one another as foreign countries, charging customs on imports and exports * Spain was threatening to seize territory along the Mississippi River * England would not remove her troops from the northern bord...

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Questions and Answers about Elections

For over 200 years since our nation’s founding, elections of public officials have occurred every two years and in some cases more often than that. ...

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