The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government Kyoto moving to New York and

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ISBN13: 9780395643679 ISBN10: 0395643678 Material Type: hardcover

everyone interested in human institutions should read it

and examines many other fascinating matters as well

The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government Kyoto moving to New York andThe little known story of perhaps the most productive Congress in US history, the First Federal Congress of 17891791. The First Congress was the most important in US history, says prizewinning author and historian Fergus Bordewich, because it established how our government would actually function. Had it failedas many at the time feared it wouldits possible that the United States as we know it would not exist today. The Constitution was a broad set of