The Second of the Founding Documents Trilogy Featuring the U.S. ConstitutionSummer 1787. After a long, difficult, and devastating War for Independence was won, the Articles of Confederation -- our first form of government -- was falling apart at the seams. Controversy and dissension reigned supreme as Congress convened at Independence Hall. Fiery passions, ablaze with visions of a new form of government "by and for the people" hovered on the horizon. Would the sun of a New Age si...