Constitution Construction

• Auteur : Bentley Boyd
• • Editeur : Mount Vernon : Chester Comix 2003
  • Collection : Chester the Crab's Comix With Content
  • ISBN/ISSN : 978-0-9729616-2-2
  • Format : 24 pages. Lieu d'édition : Williamsburg
  • Langues : Anglais
• • Nature du document : Documentaire
  • Résumé :

    Chapter 1: John Locke’s Ideas

    Chester has been reading a lot about the United States Constitution – the plan for our American government. This 1787 plan was built out of many ideas and experiences. When Chester falls asleep on top of his reading, he dreams about some of the ideas that constructed the Constitution . . .

    Locke’s Ideas includes the following topics:

    Who was English thinker John Locke?
    What are Locke’s rights in nature?
    Why do governments get started?
    Is anyone above Locke’s laws?
    What Locke ideas are in the declaration?

    Chapter 2: Zenger’s Free Press

    Chester continues to dream of the ideas and experiences that led to our Constitution. One important test of Colonial America’s freedom of speech and freedom of the press comes in New York. A mild-mannered newspaperman named John Peter Zenger is put on trial for challenging an evil royal governor . . .

    Zenger Free Press includes the following topics:

    Who was John Peter Zenger?
    What power did royal governors use?
    What were Peter Zenger’s zingers?
    Why was Zenger put on trial?
    What is freedom of the press?

    Chapter 3: Jefferson’s Religious Freedom

    Suddenly Chester dreams of being jailed!! Before the American Revolution, some colonies punish people for not going to the official government church! Chester asks Virginian Thomas Jefferson to change this injustice. Jefferson writes a law to guarantee religious freedom. But will the law ever pass?

    Jefferson’s Statute of Religious Freedom includes the following topics:

    When was skipping church a crime?
    Who separated church and state?
    What bill did Jefferson write?
    Why did Madison fight Henry?
    When did Virginia free souls?

    Chapter 4: A Constitution-Class Starship

    Chester’s many dreams all come together in one last vision. The first government of the United States is the Articles of Confederation – and it is broken, like a spaceship with too many competing parts. Who can fix it? What would a new and better spaceship look like? Can the United States regain control of its own destiny, or will it be lost in space?!

    A Constitution-Class Starship includes the following topics:

    Why did the Confederation fail?
    What could fix the Confederation?
    Who was Father of the Constitution?
    How did the Constitution count?
    What rights are in the Constitution?