

A discussion of the Constitution as a progressive document. The author is in general disagreement with Charles Beard's thesis that the document was, in fact, an instrument of conservatism drafted by property holding reactionaries, and sheds new light on the Framers and their...


Consensus and Continuity, 1776-1787 is a historical book written by Benjamin Fletcher Wright. The book focuses on the period of American history between the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the drafting of the United States Constitution in 1787. The author analyzes the...