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In the summer of 1787, the framers of the Constitution of the United States took the radical step of transferring national sovereignty from a government to the people.

Born in 1751, James Madison, the fourth President of the United States was brought up in Orange County, Virginia.

Although the Constitution has been amended numerous times through a lengthy process, many proposed amendments never made it beyond the House of Representatives.

Outline maps and crayons bring history alive as kids learn how the United States map and the 13 original colonies have changed over time.

A collection of letters designed to encourage ratification and acceptance of the new federal government

James Madison a member of the Democratic-Republican party, though his war-time presidency demonstrated a certain degree of bipartisanship.

Why do people need to be governed? How successful are various forms of government, and why did the framers of the U.S. Constitution form a representative republic?