The creation of the United States Constitution—John Adams described ... aspect in determining the meaning of the document. In June 1776, amid growing sentiment for American independence and ...

ARTICLES in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth Article ...

A copy of the Declaration of Independence known as the July 1776 Essex Broadside will go ... into the transformative moment when the United States declared its independence,” said Kalika Sands ...