Published in the United States of America by Cherry Lake Publishing Ann Arbor Michigan www cherrylakepublishing com Consultants Betsy Glade Assistant Professor Department of History St Cloud State University Marla Conn ReadAbility Inc Editorial direction Red Line Editorial Book design Sleeping Bear Press Photo Credits Library of Congress cover 24 26 Public Domain cover 14 Henry Singleton 4 John Serz Library of Congress 5 William Bradford Library of Congress 7 Gilbert Stuart Library of Congress 11 Albert Rosenthal Library of Congress 15 W J Bennett G Cooke Library of Congress 17 Currier Ives Library of Congress 20 North Wind North Wind Picture Archives 22 John Chester Buttre and Ezra Ames Library of Congress 28 Bettmann Corbis 30 Copyright 2015 by Cherry Lake Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Baxter Roberta 1952 The creation of the US Constitution Roberta Baxter pages cm Perspectives library Includes index ISBN 978-1-63137-616-0 hardcover ISBN 978-1-63137-661-0 pbk ISBN 978-1-63137-706-8 pdf ebook ISBN 978-1-63137-751-8 hosted ebook 1 United States Constitution Juvenile literature 2 Constitutional history United States Juvenile literature I Title II Title Creation of the United States Constitution E303 B39 2014 342 7302’9 dc23 2014004582 Cherry Lake Publishing would like to acknowledge the work of The Partnership for 21st Century Skills Please visit www p21 org for more information Printed in the United States of America Corporate Graphics Inc July 2014
Table of Contents In this book you will read about the creation of the U S Constitution from three perspectives There was much debate over the U S Constitution Some wanted a strong national government while others feared losing state control As you’ll see the same event can look different depending on one’s point of view Chapter 1 4 Mercy Pages Serving Girl Chapter 2 14 William Barton Law Clerk Chapter 3 22 Robert Moore Apprentice Printer Look Look Again 30 Glossary 3 1 Learn More 3 1 Index 32 About the Author 32
1 4 It is 1787 an exciting time to be working at Mrs House’s boardinghouse I see important men such as Benjamin Franklin George Washington and Alexander Hamilton in the streets of Philadelphia Every day they meet at the State House Here at Mrs House’s we have James Madison of Virginia as one of our boarders He is a Mercy Pages Serving Girl
5 quiet man but I like him He always thanks me when I bring him food at the table or water for his room His room has stacks of books that he brought with him My fingers itch to open and read them The State House in Philadelphia Pennsylvania was the site of the Constitutional Convention in 1787
