The Constitution
The Preamble
We the people of the United States, In order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity, to ordain and establish the constitution of the United States of America.
We the people of the United States, In order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity, to ordain and establish the constitution of the United States of America.
The Father of the Constitution
James Madison:
He was born 1751. Drafter of the Constitution. Recorder of the Constitutional Convention. Went to College at the College of New Jersey. Married a widow name Dolley Todd. He died June 28, 1836.
He was born 1751. Drafter of the Constitution. Recorder of the Constitutional Convention. Went to College at the College of New Jersey. Married a widow name Dolley Todd. He died June 28, 1836.
Number of signers of the Constitution
40 people signed the Constitution.
date of radification
June 21, 1788
Where the constitution written, debated, and signed.
Pennsylvannia, Philedelphia in the State House
judicialThis branch iterprets the laws, settles legal desputes, hearing civil case, and punishes violators of laws. The leader of this group is the Supremem Court. There are 9 members.
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ExecutiveThe Executive branch is basically the president which he caries out the laws. The Branch consists of the President and 15 executive departments.
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LegeslativeWrites the bills.
Once the bill are written they need a majority to make it a law. The House of Reprisentitives and Senate control it this group has 535 members in toatal 100 senators and 435 representitives |
Checks & Balances
limits inpossed on all branches of goverment by vesting in each branch the right to amend or void those acts of another that fall within its purview. The checks & balances distibute power instead of concentrating in one location.
Bill of Rights
A statement of rights of a class of people, in particular.
And its the first 10 amendments in the US Constitution.
And its the first 10 amendments in the US Constitution.
Number of Amendments in the Constitution
27 amendments.
My Amendment
Amendment 16:
The congress shall have taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without appointment among several states and without reguard to any cenus or enumeration.
The congress shall have taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without appointment among several states and without reguard to any cenus or enumeration.