American History: States Plan for Constitutional Convention

USCIS 100:65. What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

VOA Learning English American History: States Plan for Constitutional Convention

This week in our series, we begin the story of a document that defined a nation: the United States Constitution. The 13 American colonies declared their independence from Britain in 1776. But they had to fight for that independence in a long war that followed. During that war, the states were united by an agreement called the Articles of Confederation. (read more)

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USCIS 100:65. What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

▪ The Constitution was written.
▪ The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.