The Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States of America

Details: This edition was created by the National Constitution Center and published by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to help new Americans learn about American political traditions. The National Constitution Center is an independent nonprofit organization chartered by congress "to disseminate information about the U.S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis."

Summary: This short books contains two very important documents in world history. The US Declaration of Independence (1776) which declared independence from British colonial rule, and the US Constitution, written in 1787 and in force in the United States since 1789.