Pocket Constitution Second Constitutional Convention of the United States Timeline of drafting and ratification of the United States Constitution UK constitutional law Related documents Mayflower Compact (1620) Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639) Massachusetts Body of Liberties (1641) Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1779) Constitution of Massachusetts (1780) Notes References Works cited Further reading Dippel, Horst, British and American Constitutional and Democratic Models (18th–20th Century), EGO - European History Online, Mainz: Institute of European History, 2018, retrieved: March 8, 2021 (pdf). Pamphlets written between 1787 and 1788 by Elbridge Gerry, Noah Webster, John Jay, Melancthon Smith, Pelatiah Webster, Tench Coxe, James Wilson, John Dickinson, Alexander Contee Hanson, Edmund Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, George Mason, and David Ramsay. The essay attributed to Gerry was in fact written by Mercy Otis Warren. External links U.S. government sources The Constitution of the United States Explained, U.S. Congress: legal analysis and interpretation based primarily on Supreme Court case law United States Constitution: Library of Congress: web guide with related primary documents and resources America's Founding Documents, National Archives: original text and online resources on Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and Bill of Rights Constitution of the United States, U.S. Senate: original text with explanations of each section's meaning over time The Constitution of the United States as Amended, GovInfo (govinfo.gov): pdf of full text with explanatory footnotes America's Founding Documents, Founders Online, National Archives: searchable database of letters and papers of key founders Non-governmental sources Constitution of the United States, Bill of Rights Institute, pdf of full text without explication The Constitution of the United States Audio reading, University of Chicago Law School, mp3 recordings of entire document and individual sections The Constitution of the United States of America, mobile friendly plain text version National Constitution Center 1787 in the United States 1789 establishments in the United States 1789 in American law 1789 in American politics 1789 documents American political philosophy literature United States James Madison Government documents of the United States United States Constitution